Mergers and acquisitions

M&A : Outward : Value of disposals : £m

£ 1,651 m

2016 Q2

Release date:

7 March 2017

Next release:

6 June 2017

Mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies: Oct to Dec 2016

What's in the bulletin?

• During Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2016, the estimates for the total number of successful domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving UK companies remained relatively flat when compared with both Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2016 and also with the same quarter of the previous year (Quarter 4 2015).
• During 2016 (Jan to Dec), the number of successful inward and domestic M&A involving UK companies saw notable increases, showing the highest levels of M&A activity since 2008 and 2011; in comparison, the number of outward M&A involving UK companies declined.
• In 2016, there were 227 successful inward M&A worth £187.4 billion making it the highest annual number since 2011 and with the highest annual value since we first published M&A data (1969).