Total technology industry cross border M&A deals worth $14.28bn were announced in Europe in January 2021, led by Arab Investment Bank S.A.L.’s $11.21bn acquisition of Temenos, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked an increase of 18.2% over the previous month of $12.08bn and a drop of 0.1% when compared with the last 12-month average of $14.3bn.
Europe held an 80.81% share of the global technology industry cross border M&A deal value that totalled $17.67bn in January 2021. With a 63.55% share and deals worth $11.23bn, Switzerland was the top country in Europe’s cross border M&A deal value across technology industry.
In terms of cross border M&A deal activity, Europe recorded 99 deals during January 2021, marking a decrease of 10.81% over the previous month and a rise of 13.79% over the 12-month average. The UK recorded 22 deals during the month.
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By GlobalDataEurope technology industry cross border M&A deals in January 2021: Top deals
The top five technology industry cross border M&A deals accounted for 96.6% of the overall value during January 2021.
The combined value of the top five technology cross border deals stood at $13.79bn, against the overall value of $14.28bn recorded for the month.
The top five technology industry cross border M&A deals of January 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Arab Investment Bank S.A.L.’s $11.21bn acquisition of Temenos
2) The $1.22bn acquisition of Signavio by SAP
3) Workday’s $700m acquisition of Peakon
4) The $363m acquisition of Nova Broadcasting Group Jsc. by United Group
5) John Wiley & Sons’ acquisition of Hindawi for $298m.
