Top 5 financial transactions in the IT industry in the last quarter

Major deals marked the second quarter for the technology industry worldwide. Their total amount

amounted to $356.3 billion, up 20.4% from the previous quarter and 38.8% above the average for the last four quarters, GlobalData said in a report.

As for the number of transactions, in the secondIn the quarter, the high-tech sector saw an increase of 19.92% to 6147 deals, compared with an average of 5,126 deals in the last four quarters. In value terms, North America led the M&A market with deals worth $ 230.56 billion.

Warner Media's $43 billion acquisition of Discovery is the tech industry's largest for the April-June 2021 period.

The five largest deals accounted for 32.1% of total M&A costs in the second quarter. The total value of the 5 largest deals was $ 114.31 billion. Here is a list of them:

  • Warner Media's acquisition of Discovery for $ 43 billion;
  • $ 20.9 billion deal between Toshiba and CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS;
  • Microsoft's acquisition of Nuance Communications for $ 19.7 billion;
  • Acquisition of Advanced Info Service Public by Gulf Energy Development for US $ 18.41 billion;
  • Thoma Bravo's $ 12.3 billion deal with Proofpoint.

Source: globaldata

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