At the start of the year, we observed that the UK takeover market was like a coiled spring; now, the jack is out of the box. In this report, we look at UK takeover trends over the first half of the year, including:
- A normalisation of the UK public M&A market by volume and value, and by extension average deal size;
- Higher premiums continuing, but remaining variable deal-by-deal;
- The return of strategic bidders to the market;
- An uptick in the number of offer periods starting with a leak announcement as the market has become more active; and,
- An increase in publicly competitive bid situations.
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