Press Releases from KP TECH Beratungsgesellschaft mbH (28 total)
KP TECH Analysis: Number of M&A transactions in the European technology sector o …
Acquisition activity in second quarter 2014 again on high level. There were 848 acquisitions involving European technology companies in Q2 2014, an increase of 7% over the same period last year. The combined value of all deals in Q2 2014 increased from $73,4 billion in Q1 2014 to 108,0 billion in second quarter 2014. Despite this, there was a strong resumption in TMT IPOs with 39 announced on European exchanges…
KP TECH Analysis: Number of M&A transactions in the European technology sector o …
Acquisition activity in first quarter 2014 again on high level. There were 876 acquisitions involving European technology companies in Q1 2014, an increase of 22% over the same period last year. The combined value of all deals in Q1 2014 increased from $42,2 billion in Q4 2013 to $73,4 billion in first quarter 2014. After a surge in IPOs during the last quarter of 2013, there were 10 during the…
KP TECH Analysis: Number of M&A transactions in the European technology sector i …
Acquisition activity in 2013 increased by 5% compared to 2012. There were 3,192 acquisitions involving European technology companies in 2013, compared to 3,040 deals announced the year before. The quarterly deal flow at the end of 2013 was the highest since 2006. The combined value of all deals in 2013 increased by 69% from $131 billion in 2012 to $221 billion in 2013. IPO activity increased from 8 in…
KP TECH Analysis: 7% increase in M&A transactions in the European technology sec …
Acquisition activity in third quarter 2013 saw an 7% increase compared over the previous quarter Q2 2013. There were 828 deals in the quarter, up 7% on the previous quarter, 5% higher than the same period last year. The total value of the deals announced in the third quarter 2013 rose to $78 billion from $51 billion in Q2 2013. There were 7 IPOs in the quarter, down from 10…
KP TECH Analysis: slight increase in M&A transactions in the European technology …
Acquisition activity in first half 2013 saw an 1% increase compared over the same period last year. There were 1.496 acquisitions involving European technology companies in first half 2013, compared to 1.475 deals announced in the same period last year. The total value of the deals announced in the second quarter 2013 rose to $51 billion from $50 billion in Q1 2013. IPO activity is showing some signs of…
KP TECH Analysis: 7% decrease of M&A transactions in the European technology sec …
Acquisition activity in Q1 2013 saw a 7% decline compared to the previous quarter Q4 2012. There were 719 acquisitions involving European technology companies in Q1 2013, compared to 777 deals announced in Q4 2012. The combined value of all deals in Q1 2013 was almost $50 billion, the highest quarterly figure for more than a year. IPO activity remained at a relatively low level with 5 IPO’s in the…
KP TECH Analysis: Number of M&A transactions in the European technology sector i …
Acquisition activity in 2012 nearly unchanged compared to 2011. There were 3.040 acquisitions involving European technology companies in 2012, compared to 3.076 deals announced the year before. The combined value of all deals in 2012 decreasing by 30% from $186 billion in 2011 to $131 billion in 2012. IPO activity remained at a relatively low level throughout the year. There were 777 acquisitions involving European technology companies in the…
KP TECH Analysis: unchanged number of M&A transactions in the European technolog …
Acquisition activity in Q3 2012 nearly unchanged compared to Q2 2012. There were 788 acquisitions involving European technology companies in the third quarter 2012, compared to 790 deals announced the quarter before. The combined value of all deals in Q3 2012 dropped more than 32% to $25.0 billion compared to $36.8 billion a quarter earlier.
There where encouraging activity from German buyers with 61 transactions; up 17% in Q3 2012. They…
KP TECH Analysis: unchanged number of M&A transactions in the European technolog …
Acquisition activity in Q3 2012 nearly unchanged compared to Q2 2012. There were 788 acquisitions involving European technology companies in the third quarter 2012, compared to 790 deals announced the quarter before. The combined value of all deals in Q3 2012 dropped more than 32% to $25.0 billion compared to $36.8 billion a quarter earlier.
There where encouraging activity from German buyers with 61 transactions; up 17% in Q3 2012. They…
KP TECH Analysis: 15% increase in M&A transactions in the European technology se …
Acquisition activity in Q2 2012 increased 15% compared to Q1 2012. There were 790 acquisitions involving European technology companies in the second quarter 2012, compared to 685 deals announced the quarter before. The combined value of all deals in Q2 2012 raised more than 35% to $36.8 billion compared to $27.2 billion a quarter earlier.
There was encouraging activity from North American buyers (USA and Canada) with 51 transactions in Q2…
KP TECH Analysis: 5% increase in M&A transactions in the German technology secto …
Acquisition activity in Q1 2012 decreased 14% compared to Q4 2011. There were 685 acquisitions involving European technology companies in the first quarter 2012, compared to 792 deals announced the quarter before. The combined value of all deals in Q1 2012 dropped 20% to $27,2 billion compared to $33,9 billion a quarter earlier.
There was encouraging activity from North American buyers (USA and Canada) with 40 transactions in Q1 2012. They…
KP TECH Analysis: 15% increase in M&A transactions in the European technology se …
Acquisition activity in 2011 increased 15% compared to 2010. There were 3.076 acquisitions involving European technology companies in 2011, compared to 2.672 deals announced the year before. The combined value of all deals in 2011 jumped more than 60% to $225 billion compared to $139 billion a year earlier.
There was encouraging activity from North American buyers (USA and Canada) with 95 transactions in Q4 2011. They represent 12% of all…
KP TECH Analysis: M&A transactions in the European technology sector up 22% in Q …
Acquisition activity in Q3 2011 jumped 22% compared to Q3 2010. There were 763 acquisitions involving European technology companies in Q3 2011, compared to 776 deals announced the quarter before. The combined value of the transactions in Q3 2011 was $50.1 billion. HP’s acquisition of Autonomy for $10 billion was one of six large acquisitions during the quarter. IPO activity fell back to 14 across Europe, compared to 20…
KP TECH Analysis: M&A transactions in the European technology sector up 4% in Q2 …
Acquisition activity in Q2 2011 jumped 4% compared to Q1 2011. There were 776 acquisitions involving European technology companies in Q2 2011, compared to 745 deals announced the quarter before. The combined value of the transactions in Q2 2011 was $51.5 billion. This was down from the $90.1 billion of deal value in Q1 2011 which included the $39 billion announced acquisition of T-Mobile USA by AT&T. However,…
KP TECH Analysis: M&A transactions in the European technology sector up 17% in Q …
Acquisition activity in Q1 2011 jumped 17% compared to Q4 2010. There were 745 acquisitions involving European technology companies in Q1 2011, compared to 639 deals announced the quarter before. The combined value of all deals in the first quarter of 2011 was $90,1 billion compared to $27,5 billion a quarter earlier.
UK remains the dominant country in terms of buy-side activities but also Scandinavia (+47%), Germany (+43%) and France (+37%)…
KP TECH Analysis: Increase in M&A transactions in the European technology sector …
Acquisition activity in 2010 increased just 3% compared to 2009. There were 2,672 acquisitions involving European technology companies in 2010, compared to 2,603 deals announced the year before. The combined value of all deals in 2010 jumped more than 70% to $139 billion compared to $81 billion a year earlier.
There was encouraging activity from North American buyers (USA and Canada) with 80 transactions in Q4 2010. They represent 13% of…
KP TECH Analysis: Total value increase in M&A transactions in the European techn …
The combined value of all deals increased 77% to $52.6 billion compared to $29.7 billion the quarter earlier. There were 625 acquisitions involving European technology companies in the third quarter of 2010, compared to 706 deals announced the quarter before. There were five technology IPOs in Europe in Q3 2010 compared to 12 in the previous three months. The number of acquisitions over $1b continues to increase with twelve in…
KP TECH Analysis: Increase in M&A transactions in the European technology sector …
Acquisition activity in Q2 2010 increased by 9% compared to the second quarter of 2009. There were 706 acquisitions involving European technology companies in the second quarter of 2010, compared to 704 deals announced the quarter before. The combined value of all deals increased 8% to $29.7 billion compared to $27.5 billion the quarter earlier. There were twelve technology IPOs in Europe in Q2 2010. The number of acquisitions over…
KP TECH Analysis: Increase in M&A transactions in the European technology sector …
Acquisition activity in Q1 2010 increased by 6% compared to the last quarter of 2009. There were 704 acquisitions involving European technology companies in the first quarter of 2010, compared to 665 deals announced the quarter before. The combined value of all deals decreased 21% to $27.5 billion compared to $34.8 billion the quarter earlier. Main reason was the lack of big deals with a transaction value of more than…
KP TECH Analysis: Cutback in M&A transactions in the European technology sector …
Acquisition activity in 2009 declined 8% compared to 2008. There were 2,603 acquisitions involving European technology companies in 2009, compared to 2,941 deals announced the year before. The combined value of all deals in 2009 decreased 51% to $81 billion compared to $158 billion a year earlier.
There was encouraging activity from North American buyers (USA and Canada) with a jump of 67% in Q4 2009 compared to Q3 2009. They…
KP TECH Analysis: Strong increase in M&A valuation in the European technology se …
Acquisition activity in the third quarter 2009 just decreased 12% compared to 2. Quarter 2009. There were 574 acquisitions involving European technology companies in Q3 2009, a decrease of 12% from the 650 deals announced in the second quarter of 2009. More importantly, the combined value of these acquisitions has moved up to a combined valuation of $21.7b, up over 100% from the $10.7b total valuation recorded in Q2 2009.
The…
KP TECH Analysis:Cutback in M&A transactions in the European technology sector i …
Acquisition activity in the second Quarter 2009 just decreased 9% compared to 1. Quarter 2009. There were 650 acquisitions involving European technology companies in Q2 2009, an decrease of 9% from the 715 deals announced in the first quarter of 2009. The combined value of these acquisitions has fallen again to $10.7b, 23% down from the $13.8b recorded in the previous quarter.
Scandinavian buyers have reduced activity by 43%. Eastern European…
KP TECH Analysis: Rise in M&A transactions in the European technology sector in …
Acquisition activity in the first Quarter 2009 just increased 3% compared to 4. Quarter 2008. There were 715 acquisitions involving European technology companies in Q1 2009, an increase of 3% from the 691 deals announced in the last quarter of 2008. The combined value of these acquisitions has fallen again to $13.8b, 25% down from the $18.5b recorded in the previous quarter.
UK based companies showed a small increase in purchasing…
KP TECH Analysis: Cutback in M&A transactions in the European technology sector …
Acquisition activity in 2008 declined 9% compared to 2007. There were 2,941 acquisitions involving European technology companies in 2008, compared to 3,215 deals announced the year before. The combined value of all deals in 2008 decreased 55% to $158 billion compared to $349 billion a year earlier.
Buying activity from the USA and Northern Europe countries like UK, France and the Nordics declined, Middle Europe countries like Germany, Benelux, Switzerland and…
KP TECH Analysis: moderate cutback in M&A transactions in the European technolog …
Acquisition activity in the third quarter just decline 11%, probably less than would be expected. There were 692 acquisitions in the last quarter down from the 779 deals announced in the second quarter of 2008. The combined value of the Q3 2008 acquisitions decreased by 22% to $41.7 compared to $53.4b in the previous quarter.
Fewer transactions came from companies in UK, France and the Scandinavian countries as well as from…
KP TECH Analysis: M&A transactions in the European technology sector in the 1. H …
Acquisition activity in the first half of 2008 has held up well with just a slight tailing off during the last 18-month period. There were 779 acquisitions in the last quarter, a decline of just 1% from the 787 deals announced in the first quarter of 2008. The combined value of the Q2 2008 acquisitions increased by 18% to $53.4b compared to $45.0b in the previous quarter.
After declining buyer activity…
KP TECH is sponsor of M&A Yearbook 1. Half-year 2008
In the period from January till June 2008, M&A transactions with involvement of German corporations have been analyzed by VC-facts for the new M&A Yearbook that is sponsored by KP TECH.
More than 550 transactions have been analyzed for this survey (prior-year period 2007: 428 transactions). The majority in the IT, software and communication sector with a total of 72 deals. In the field pharmaceutical, chemical and life sciences…
Dirk Middelhoff new Director at KP TECH Beratungsgesellschaft mbH
Dirk Middelhoff will be joining KP TECH in Germany as new Director effective April 15, 2008. He will support the existing partners in the area of medium-sized transactions in the technology sector. Previously Dirk Middelhoff has been working in the Technology Solutions Group of EMC, where he started back in 1995. He joins from a previous role as manager strategic partnerships and M&A of EMC in Germany. Dirk Middelhoff holds…
