Total technology industry cross border M&A deals worth $1.17bn were announced in Asia-Pacific in November 2020, led by American Tower’s $335.54m acquisition of ATC Telecom Infrastructure, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 87.01% over the previous month and a drop of 55.9% when compared with the last 12-month average of $2.65bn.

Asia-Pacific held a 1.77% share of the global technology industry cross border M&A deal value that totalled $1.17bn in November 2020. With a 37.57% share and deals worth $439.57m, Australia was the top country in Asia-Pacific’s cross border M&A deal value across technology industry.

In terms of cross border M&A deal activity, Asia-Pacific recorded 33 deals during November 2020, marking an increase of 73.68% over the previous month and a rise of 32.00% over the 12-month average. Australia recorded eight deals during the month.

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Asia-Pacific technology industry cross border M&A deals in November 2020: Top deals

The top five technology industry cross border M&A deals accounted for 90.3% of the overall value during November 2020.

The combined value of the top five technology cross border M&A deals stood at $1.05bn, against the overall value of $1.17bn recorded for the month.

The top five technology industry cross border M&A deals of November 2020 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) American Tower’s $335.54m acquisition of ATC Telecom Infrastructure

2) The $216.52m acquisition of WPP AUNZ by WPP

3) Electronic Gaming Development’s $216.48m acquisition of SNK

4) The $147.35m acquisition of 3P Learning by Think and Learn

5) Fire Rock’s acquisition of Tak Shing International Holdings Ltd for $136.8m.