Mid-Market & Small-Cap M&A Reviews Q3 2012

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- Worldwide announced Mid-Market M&A deals valued up to $500 million (including undisclosed value deals) totaled US$499.2billion in the first nine months of 2012 – an 11.8% decrease from the same period in 2011.
- Estimated global fees generated from completed Mid-Market M&A activity reached US$9.7 billion for the first nine months, according to Thomson Reuters and Freeman Consulting.
- The Americas region (by target domicile) led the market, with US$195.8 billion of announced deal activity – a 39.2% market share, marginally bigger than the 38.3% market share produced in the first nine months of 2011.
- The European region (by target domicile) led the market in number of deals announced, with 9,597 deals for the first nine months, or 35.9% of the 26,741 deals announced worldwide.
- The Real Estate sector comprised 15.3% of announced value, followed by Energy & Power and Financials, representing 12.7% and 11.9% of the total market, respectively.
- Rothschild topped the UK Mid-Market rankings with 53 deals.

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Worldwide announced Small-Cap M&A deals valued up to $50 million (includes undisclosed value deals) totaledUS$57.9 billion in the first half of 2012 – a 12.3% decrease from the same period of 2011.

- Worldwide announced Small-Cap M&A deals valued up to $50 million (including undisclosed value deals) totaled US$88.2 billion in the first nine months of 2012 – an 11% decrease from the same period of 2011.
- Estimated global fees generated from completed Small-Cap M&A activity equaled US$4.3 billion for the first nine months, according to Thomson Reuters and Freeman Consulting.
- The Asia-Pacific region (by target domicile) led the Small-Cap market, with US$36.3 billion of announced deal activity, a 41.1% market share.
- The EMEA region (by target domicile) led the market in number of deals announced, with 9,022 deals for the year, 37.1% of the 24,302 deals announced worldwide.
- The Materials sector captured 14.1% of total announced Small-Cap value, followed by Industrials, which had a 12.8% share, and High technology at 11.8%.
- Rothschild topped the UK Small-Cap rankings with 35 deals.

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