Mergers and acquisitions

Business mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies, including de-mergers and disposals, where the transaction value is £1 million or more.

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M&A : Outward : Value of disposals : £m

£ 2,802 m

2022 Q2

Release date:
6 September 2022
Next release:
06 December 2022
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Mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies: April to June 2022

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  • The total number of monthly mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals involving a change in majority share ownership was virtually unchanged between April (131) and May 2022 (130) before decreasing notably to 72 completed deals in June 2022.
  • There were 333 completed M&A transactions in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2022; this is a sizeable decrease of 116 deals compared with the previous quarter (449) and 167 fewer than Quarter 2 2021 (500).
  • In Quarter 2 2022, the value of outward M&A (UK companies acquiring foreign companies abroad) totaled £4.5 billion, which is £1.7 billion more than Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2022 (£2.8 billion).
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