Total technology industry M&A deals worth $3.2bn were announced in Asia-Pacific in March 2022, led by Doosan’s $386.4m acquisition of 38.7% stake in Tesna, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked an increase of 55.1% over the previous month of $2.05bn and a drop of 39% when compared with the last 12-month average of $5.21bn.

Asia-Pacific held a 15.19% share of the global technology industry M&A deal value that totalled $20.93bn in March 2022. With a 6.45% share and deals worth $1.35bn, Republic of Korea (South Korea) was the top country in Asia-Pacific’s M&A deal value across technology industry.

In terms of M&A deal activity, Asia-Pacific recorded 136 deals during March 2022, marking a decrease of 3.55% over the previous month and a drop of 4.23% over the 12-month average. India recorded 34 deals during the month.

Asia-Pacific technology industry M&A deals in March 2022: Top deals

The top five technology industry M&A deals accounted for 39% of the overall value during March 2022.

The combined value of the top five technology deals stood at $1.24bn, against the overall value of $3.2bn recorded for the month.

The top five technology industry M&A deals of March 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Doosan $386.4m acquisition deal for 38.7% stake in Tesna

2) The $313.07m acquisition of 4.7% stake in Indus Towers by Bharti Airtel and Nettle Infrastructure Investments

3) NCS $239.62m acquisition of Dialog

4) The $217.89m acquisition of Arq Group Enterprise by NCS

5) CJ ENM $82.3m acquisition deal with KT StudioGenie