Mergers Alliance newsletter 31 august 2011
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Mid-‐Market M&A Snapshot... 31st August 2011 M&A Outlook: Negative Overall mid-‐market deal volume in the month of August stood at 234 with total value equating to US$23.772bn. This is down from August of 2010 when there were 338 deals (30.8% decline) with a total deal value of US$31.347bn (24.2% drop) The majority of transactions this month took place in the financial services and healthcare sectors. Sector Focus: Despite economic uncertainty continuing to permeate the market, one industry that could be looked upon to buck the trend and yield solid M&A growth is the industrial technology sector. The growth premise is based on the strength of corporate balance sheets with low-‐yielding cash balances and large pools of undeployed private equity capital. These technicals combined with the lack of organic growth create a favourable dynamic for M&A activity in the industrial technology space. Macro Snapshot: The month of August ended on a somewhat positive note in the US as markets rallied and gold pulled back. There is now a growing expectation that another round of stimulus, in the form of QE3, will be initiated by the Federal Reserve. Consequently, expect to see another upswing in precious metals whilst stocks should also rise in nominal terms. In Europe manufacturing activity experienced a precipitous decline triggering fears that it might push the already precious economic bloc into a double-‐dip recession
Regional Developments US Mid-‐Market: The month of August saw 108 deals take place totalling US$13.4bn in value. This is down 24.4% year on year when there were 141 deals. Total deal value was also down 6.8% when it stood at US$14.4bn. Some of the most noteworthy cross-‐border deals included the acquisition of Jimlar Corporation, footwear companies by Li & Fung Limited, the listed Hong Kong based export trading firm, foran estimated sum of US450m. Elsewhere, NTT DoCoMo Inc, the listed Japan based mobile telecommunications company, agreed to acquire the PacketVideo Corporation, the US based wireless and digital home multimedia software and service applications provider,
from NextWave Wireless Inc, a listed company engaged in the development of next generation mobile broadband for US$ 111.6m. Asia Mid-‐Market: Asian mid-‐market M&A recovered from last months collapse in volume. 30 deals took place (down 31% year on year) and total deal value stood at US$3.6bn (down 16% from last year). The most high profile cross-‐border deal was the purchase of baby nutrition business Wockhardt Limited by French food giant Danone SA for US$250m. The transaction marks Danone's entry to the Indian baby nutrition market. EU Mid-‐Market: Deal malaise continued in the EU region as 68 deals took place compared to 104 during the same period last year (38% drop) whilst total deal vale, at US$4.96bn, was also down from last year when it totalled US$7.99bn (38% drop). One of the most notable mid-‐market deals was the purchase of UK based television production company Shed Media by multi-‐billion dollar media conglomerate Time Warner for a consideration of US$172m. Apart from the UK, most of the EU deals were targeted at Germany and Spain.
Looking Ahead M&A in US utilities continues to gather pace. US$51bn of deals for utility firms took place in H1 2011, the most buoyant period since 2007. This can be partly attributed to the shale gas boom, which has enabled gas production to rise and opened up economically viable reserves. It can also be attributed to utility firms looking to diversify their product portfolio, specifically into cleaner energies. Notable deals included Duke Energy US$13.7bn acquisition of Progress Energy and AES Dayton Power & Light for US$4.7bn. We expect foreign and private equity interest to drive M&A even further in this sector over the coming 18 months. New on Opinions A nation no longer governed by shopkeepers After a horrendous 2009, and marginal improvement in 2010, what can the corporate education and training
Click here to read the full report. Marriage of branded and private labels When private labels (PLs) were first introduced to the marketplace, it seemed like the marriage between branded labels (BLs) and PLS would be one of mutual understanding -‐ BLs would focus on tier one and two consumers while PLs would focus on tier three consumers. Click here to read the full report.
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Mergers Alliance Transaction Highlights
advised Stefanutti Stocks Limited on the acquisition of all the shares in issue of Cycad Pipelines (Pty) Ltd, and its related properties. This company will propel Stefanutti Stocks to the top of the list of contractors in the pipeline construction sector in sub-‐Saharan Africa. Lead advisor was Pieter Venter
Catalyst Corporate Finance advised HomeServe plc on the sale of its Retail Warranties Group to a management buy-‐out. HomeServe plc is the international home emergency insurance cover and domestic repair group with a market capitalisation of £1.7bn and 6,000 employees. Lead was Mark Humphries
In the News Mergers Alliance partners feature in Thomson Financial list
Thomson Financial, one of resource, have issued their second quarter league tables for 2011, ranking corporate finance firms by number and value of deals. I am delighted to announce that this quarter shows a continued appearance in these tables by two Mergers Alliance members Daruma and Bluemind CF.
Award for rising Catalyst star
Emmet Keating, Principal at MA UK partner firm Catalyst, has won the accolade of Finance Professional of the Year in leading Midlands awards ceremony, Birmingham Young Professional of the Year. Emmet, who joined Catalyst in 2006 and has worked on market leading deals including ScriptSwitch, Aim Aviation and AVF during
his time with Catalyst, was presented with the award by Olympian Derek Redmond during a gala ceremony at Birmingham's International Conference Centre BroadSpan Capital expands across Brazil
Having gone from strength to strength, through a tough global economy, BroadSpan Capital, the Mergers Alliance partner firm that covers Central America, South America and the Caribbean, have been through a period of significant expansion across Brazil. Responding to the massive growth, geographic size and regional cultural differences in the Brazilian market, BroadSpan has endeavoured to expand its coverage of Brazil through its Board of Advisors, consisting of ex-‐Chairmen and senior level executives from industry. In addition to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, these individuals provide BroadSpan with a presence across the country, from Fortaleza in the Northeast to Porto Alegre and Joinville in the South, Goiania in the Center-‐West and Belo Horizonte in Southeast, giving BroadSpan excellent geographic coverage of the country as well as top level access to middle and large corporates across the country.