Mergers and acquisitions

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

£ 769 m

2022 Q4

Release date:

7 March 2023

Next release:

6 June 2023

Mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies: October to December 2022

What's in the bulletin?

• The total combined number of monthly cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving a change in majority share ownership decreased slightly between October 2022 (total 183) and November 2022 (173), before falling sharply to 127 during December 2022.
• The value of outward M&A (UK companies acquiring foreign companies abroad) in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2022 was £10.1 billion, £2.5 billion more than Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2022 (£7.6 billion) and £6.7 billion higher than Quarter 4 2021 (£3.4 billion).
• The total value of inward M&A (foreign companies acquiring UK companies) in Quarter 4 2022 was £5.3 billion, £15.9 billion lower than Quarter 3 2022 (£21.2 billion) and £11.0 billion less than Quarter 4 2021 (£16.3 billion); although the value of inward M&A fell from Quarter 3 to Quarter 4 2022, the number of transactions was broadly unchanged.