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PrivateAcquisition

target

Gatan

bidder

Thermo Fisher Scientific

£731m

22 dealmakers

Private EquityAcquisitionPublicPrivate EquityMajorityDomestic

Containers and Packaging

target

Multi-color Corporation

bidder

Platinum Equity

£1,913m

85 dealmakers

AcquisitionPublicMajorityDomestic

target

Tableau Software

bidder

Salesforce

£12,321m

66 dealmakers

PublicAcquisitionPrivate EquityMajorityDomestic

Digital Services

target

Shutterfly

bidder

Apollo Global Management

£2,126m

61 dealmakers

Japan

Mobile

PrivateAcquisitionPrivate EquityMajorityCross Border

target

Kokusai Electric Corp

bidder

Applied Materials

£2,560m

75 dealmakers

Belgium

PublicAcquisitionMinorityCross Border

target

Galapagos

bidder

Gilead Sciences

£849m

36 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPublicMergerDomestic

Alternative Fuels

target

Solarcity Corporation

bidder

Tesla Motors

£4,000m

52 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionPublic

Digital Services

target

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

bidder

Xerox Corporation

£27,175m

31 dealmakers

Canada

Aerospace

AcquisitionPrivateMajorityPrivate EquityCross Border

target

Mda Corporation

bidder

Northern Private Capital

£584m

54 dealmakers

Netherlands

AcquisitionMajorityPublicCross Border

target

Qiagen

bidder

Thermo Fisher Scientific

£9,697m

138 dealmakers

United Kingdom

Food Products

MajorityAcquisitionPrivate EquityPrivateDisposal

target

Lily's Kitchen

bidder

Nestle Purina Petcare

value n/a

32 dealmakers

Japan

Cosmetics

Private EquityAcquisitionPrivateMajority

target

Etvos Co

bidder

L Catterton

value n/a

8 dealmakers

PublicMajorityAcquisitionCross Border

E-commerce

target

Grubhub

bidder

Just Eat

£5,744m

81 dealmakers

Brazil

Specialty Retailers

MinorityPrivate EquityAcquisitionPrivate

target

PETLOVE&CO

bidder

L Catterton

value n/a

7 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionMajorityCross Border

E-commerce

target

Ebay (classifieds Business)

bidder

Adevinta Asa

£9,314m

112 dealmakers

Cross BorderPublicAcquisitionMajority

target

Varian Medical Systems

bidder

Siemens Healthineers

£12,530m

82 dealmakers

Argentina

Travel and Tourism

PublicAcquisitionMinorityPrivate Equity

target

DESPEGAR

bidder

L Catterton

£114m

19 dealmakers

MajorityDomesticPublicAcquisitionTender Offer

Pharmaceuticals

target

IMMUNOMEDICS

bidder

Gilead Sciences

£16,407m

50 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityMergerPrivateDomesticDisposalReverse TakeoverDe-SPAC

IT Services: Other

target

Software Luxembourg Holding (skillsoft)

bidder

Churchill Capital Corp Ii

£1,149m

54 dealmakers

Electronic Components and Equipment

MajorityPublicAcquisitionDomestic

target

Xilinx

bidder

Advanced Micro Devices

£26,870m

76 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticMajorityPublicPrivatisation

target

Telenav

bidder

V99

£186m

37 dealmakers

MajorityPrivate EquityCross BorderPublicAcquisition

Consumer Services: Other

target

Collectors Universe

bidder

D1 Capital Partners

£640m

40 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPublicDomestic

target

Slack Technologies

bidder

Salesforce

£20,708m

86 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionDomesticPublicPrivate EquityPrivatisation

target

Pluralsight

bidder

Vista Equity Partners

£2,810m

84 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityDomesticPrivate EquityPublicPrivatisation

FinTech

target

Cardtronics

bidder

Apollo Global Management

£1,723m

50 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionDomesticPublic

Aerospace

target

Aerojet Rocketdyne

bidder

Lockheed Martin Corporation

£3,025m

53 dealmakers

Electronic Components and Equipment

AcquisitionMajorityMergerDomesticPublicPrivate Equity

target

Coherent

bidder

Ii-vi

£5,032m

144 dealmakers

AcquisitionPublicDomesticMajorityPrivate Equity

FinTech

target

Cardtronics

bidder

Ncr Corporation

£1,826m

58 dealmakers

Online and Social Platforms

PrivateMajorityDomesticAcquisition

target

DATAFLEETS

bidder

LIVERAMP

value n/a

14 dealmakers

DomesticPrivateAcquisitionMajority

target

Simplify Medical

bidder

Nuvasive

£106m

5 dealmakers

PrivatisationAcquisitionPublicTender OfferPrivate EquityDomesticMajority

target

TALEND

bidder

Thoma Bravo

£1,730m

56 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPublicDomestic

target

Nuance Communications

bidder

Microsoft Corp

£14,367m

60 dealmakers

PublicDomesticAcquisitionMajorityPrivate Equity

Medical Services

target

Ppd

bidder

Thermo Fisher Scientific

£15,220m

62 dealmakers

Private EquityDomesticAcquisitionPublicPrivatisationMajority

target

Proofpoint

bidder

Thoma Bravo

£8,860m

41 dealmakers

Food Retailers and Wholesalers

DomesticAcquisitionMajorityPublic

target

Core-mark Holding Company

bidder

Performance Food Group Company

£1,775m

49 dealmakers

France

MajorityAcquisitionPrivateCross BorderPrivate Equity

target

HALIODX

bidder

VERACYTE

£224m

29 dealmakers

MinorityDomesticAcquisitionPrivate EquityPublic

target

Splunk

bidder

Silver Lake Partners

£720m

10 dealmakers

Australia

FinTech

SchemePublicMajorityAcquisitionCross Border

target

Afterpay

bidder

Block

£20,855m

67 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivatisationPrivate EquityDomesticPublic

target

Cornerstone Ondemand

bidder

Clearlake Capital Group

£3,738m

103 dealmakers

DomesticAcquisitionMajorityPrivate

target

MAILCHIMP

bidder

Intuit

£8,676m

62 dealmakers

Cross BorderAcquisitionMinorityPrivatePrivate Equity

target

Command Alkon

bidder

Heidelbergcement

value n/a

34 dealmakers

PrivateDomesticAcquisitionMajority

target

MOMENTIVE

bidder

ZENDESK

£2,909m

90 dealmakers

Telecommunications Equipment

AcquisitionDomesticMajorityMergerPublic

target

NEOPHOTONICS

bidder

Lumentum Holdings

£680m

83 dealmakers

MajorityDomesticAcquisitionPrivate

Media Agencies

target

MAVELY

bidder

Nu Skin

value n/a

8 dealmakers

Online and Social Platforms

MajorityDomesticPrivateAcquisition

target

CODECADEMY

bidder

Software Luxembourg Holding (skillsoft)

£396m

23 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityDomesticPublic

Gaming

target

Zynga

bidder

Take-two Interactive Software

£9,347m

77 dealmakers

Private EquityDomesticMinorityPublicAcquisition

target

FLUIDIGM

bidder

Casdin Capital

£184m

23 dealmakers

PublicAcquisitionDomesticMajority

Pharmaceuticals

target

Antares Pharma

bidder

HALOZYME

£737m

59 dealmakers

PrivateMergerAcquisitionDomesticMajority

Health Care Services

target

Steward Health Care System (value-based Care Business)

bidder

Caremax Medical Group

£118m

9 dealmakers

DomesticPrivate EquityAcquisitionPrivateMajority

target

SUMTOTAL

bidder

Clearlake Capital Group

£162m

35 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivateCross Border

Distillers and Vintners

target

Joseph Phelps Vineyards

bidder

LVMH

value n/a

5 dealmakers

DomesticAcquisitionMajorityPublic

Gaming

target

Unity Technologies

bidder

APPLOVIN

£14,475m

10 dealmakers

United Kingdom

MajorityCross BorderPublicAcquisition

target

Micro Focus International

bidder

OPENTEXT

£5,072m

99 dealmakers

PrivatisationMajorityDomesticPrivate EquityAcquisitionPublic

Security Services

target

KNOWBE4

bidder

Vista Equity Partners

£4,161m

42 dealmakers

Electronic Components and Equipment

MajorityDomesticPrivate EquityAcquisitionPublic

target

Maxar Technologies

bidder

Advent International Corporation

£5,202m

101 dealmakers

PublicDomesticAcquisitionMajority

Aerospace

target

Aerojet Rocketdyne

bidder

L3harris Technologies

£3,870m

56 dealmakers

PublicAcquisitionMajorityDomestic

target

ISOPLEXIS

bidder

Berkeley Lights

£47m

40 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPublicCross Border

Payments / Commerce

target

PAYA

bidder

Nuvei Corporation

£1,074m

50 dealmakers

PublicMergerAcquisitionMajorityDomestic

target

Nuvasive

bidder

Globus Medical

£2,567m

27 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionPrivatisationPublicPrivate EquityDomestic

target

MOMENTIVE

bidder

Symphony Technology Group

£1,246m

37 dealmakers

Mexico

Specialty Retailers

Cross BorderMinorityPrivateAcquisitionPrivate Equity

target

Ben & Frank

bidder

L Catterton

value n/a

13 dealmakers

Telecommunications Services: Other

MajorityAcquisitionDomesticPublicPrivate Equity

target

Quotient Technology

bidder

Charlesbank Capital Partners

£335m

42 dealmakers

Waste and Disposal Services

PublicPrivate EquityAcquisitionDomesticMajority

target

Crystal Clean

bidder

Jf Lehman & Company

£917m

29 dealmakers

France

AcquisitionCross BorderPrivateMajority

target

Physio-assist

bidder

Inogen

£34m

16 dealmakers

DomesticPrivateMajorityAcquisition

target

PHENOMEX

bidder

Bruker Corporation

£84m

29 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticMajorityPublic

target

Splunk

bidder

Cisco Systems

£24,243m

77 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticMajorityMergerPrivate

target

SOMALOGIC

bidder

Standard Biotools

£827m

13 dealmakers

Canada

AcquisitionPublicCross BorderMajority

target

OPSENS

bidder

Haemonetics Corporation

£208m

11 dealmakers

France

AcquisitionCross BorderMajorityPrivate

target

LIMFLOW

bidder

Inari Medical

£341m

47 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticMajorityPrivate EquityPublic

target

ALTERYX

bidder

Insight Partners

£3,469m

117 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticMajorityPublic

target

ANSYS

bidder

Synopsys

£27,480m

79 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticMajorityPrivate

target

HABU

bidder

LIVERAMP

£158m

9 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticMajorityPrivate

Clothing and Accessories

target

Rag & Bone

bidder

Guess?

value n/a

24 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityDomesticPublic

Security Services

target

Sterling Check Corp

bidder

First Advantage

£1,738m

36 dealmakers