"Figure 3A: Summary of mergers and acquisitions in the UK by UK companies, 1987 to 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Number" "","" "Period","Independent","Subsidiaries" "1987","1188","340" "1988","1123","376" "1989","896","441" "1990","437","342" "1991","292","214" "1992","232","200" "1993","337","189" "1994","465","209" "1995","299","206" "1996","336","248" "1997","384","122" "1998","485","150" "1999","400","93" "2000","466","121" "2001","319","173" "2002","323","107" "2003","392","166" "2004","577","164" "2005","604","165" "2006","628","151" "2007","698","171" "2008","445","113" "2009","198","88" "2010","243","82" "2011","276","97" "2012","216","50" "2013","175","63" "2014","150","39" "2015","194","51" "2016","359","41"