target

Taliesin Property Fund

bidder

Blackstone Group

£346m

10 dealmakers

target

Novae Group

bidder

Axis Capital Holdings

£478m

18 dealmakers

target

Monitise

bidder

Fiserv

£47m

12 dealmakers

target

Netplay Tv

bidder

Betsson

£17m

10 dealmakers

target

Home Retail Group

bidder

J Sainsbury

£786m

21 dealmakers

target

Xchanging

bidder

Computer Sciences Corporation

£567m

24 dealmakers

target

Quintain Estates And Development

bidder

Lone Star Funds

£905m

22 dealmakers

target

Phoenix It Group

bidder

Toscafund Asset Management

£135m

14 dealmakers

target

Aldermore Group

bidder

Firstrand

£1,080m

31 dealmakers

target

Spikes Cavell Analytic

bidder

Xchanging

£7m

14 dealmakers

target

Environmental Resources Management

bidder

Omers Private Equity

£1,093m

10 dealmakers

target

Ladbrokes Coral Group

bidder

Gala Coral

£2,300m

7 dealmakers

target

I Newspaper

bidder

Johnston Press

£24m

4 dealmakers

target

London City Airport

bidder

Alberta Investment Management Corporation

£2,000m

18 dealmakers

target

Sweett Group

bidder

Dar Al-handasah Consultants Shair & Partners (sidara)

£36m

11 dealmakers

target

Fleetmatics Group

bidder

VERIZON

£1,802m

4 dealmakers

target

Amaya

bidder

William Hill

£3,716m

4 dealmakers

target

Aveva Group

bidder

Schneider Electric

£550m

67 dealmakers

target

Phaunos Timber Fund

bidder

Stafford Capital Partners

£180m

11 dealmakers

target

Cambian Group

bidder

CARETECH

£289m

47 dealmakers

target

Babcock International Group Digital Media Services Business

bidder

Encompass Digital Media

value n/a

14 dealmakers

target

John Laing Infrastructure Fund

bidder

Dalmore Capital

£1,410m

14 dealmakers

target

Costa Coffee

bidder

The Coca-cola Company

£3,900m

58 dealmakers

target

Dairy Crest Group

bidder

Saputo

£975m

58 dealmakers

target

Kcom Group

bidder

Macquarie Group

£628m

39 dealmakers

target

Safecharge International Group

bidder

Nuvei Corporation

£699m

42 dealmakers

target

Bca Marketplace

bidder

Tdr Capital

£2,150m

43 dealmakers

target

Merlin Entertainments

bidder

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

£4,770m

81 dealmakers

target

Ei Group

bidder

Tdr Capital

£2,969m

45 dealmakers

target

Easyhotel

bidder

Icamap

£85m

25 dealmakers

target

Eland Oil & Gas

bidder

Seplat Petroleum Development Company

£382m

37 dealmakers

target

Consort Medical

bidder

Recipharm

£627m

36 dealmakers

target

Hansteen Holdings

bidder

Blackstone Group

£500m

23 dealmakers

target

Osisoft

bidder

Aveva Group

£3,819m

143 dealmakers

target

G4s

bidder

Allied Universal

£3,820m

142 dealmakers

target

Urban&civic

bidder

The Wellcome Trust

£506m

23 dealmakers

target

Jpi Media Print Holdings

bidder

Daily Mail And General Trust

value n/a

16 dealmakers

target

Cardtronics

bidder

Apollo Global Management

£1,723m

50 dealmakers

target

Cardtronics

bidder

Ncr Corporation

£1,826m

58 dealmakers

target

Advanz Pharma Corp

bidder

Nordic Capital

£1,646m

84 dealmakers

target

Arrow Global Group

bidder

Tdr Capital

£563m

64 dealmakers

target

Jpi Media Publishing

bidder

National World

£10m

18 dealmakers

target

St. Modwen Properties

bidder

Blackstone Group

£2,471m

36 dealmakers

target

Vectura Group

bidder

Philip Morris International

£1,025m

97 dealmakers

target

Spire Healthcare Group

bidder

Ramsay Health Care

£2,063m

111 dealmakers

target

Gcp Student Living

bidder

Iq Student Accommodation

£1,112m

33 dealmakers

target

Frazer-nash Consultancy

bidder

Kbr

£293m

23 dealmakers

target

Ultra Electronics Holdings

bidder

Advent International Corporation

£2,570m

69 dealmakers

target

Babcock International Group (oil And Gas Aviation Business)

bidder

Chc Group

£10m

20 dealmakers

target

Airtanker Holdings

bidder

Equitix

£315m

29 dealmakers

target

Daily Mail And General Trust

bidder

Rothermere Continuation

£380m

26 dealmakers

target

Sanlam (life & Pension Uk Insurance Business)

bidder

CHESNARA

£39m

18 dealmakers

target

Clinigen Group

bidder

Stepstone Group

£1,207m

78 dealmakers

target

CARETECH

bidder

Kensington Capital Partners

£870m

52 dealmakers

target

Ideagen

bidder

Hg Capital

£1,090m

33 dealmakers

target

Yamana Gold

bidder

Pan American Silver

£5,366m

124 dealmakers

target

Babcock (aerial Emergency Services Business)

bidder

Ancala Partners

£120m

103 dealmakers

target

Industrials Reit

bidder

Blackstone Group

£511m

20 dealmakers

target

Numis Corporation

bidder

Deutsche Bank

£410m

51 dealmakers

target

Dechra Pharmaceuticals

bidder

Eqt Partners

£4,882m

73 dealmakers

target

The Restaurant Group

bidder

Apollo Global Management

£701m

56 dealmakers

target

Smart Metering Systems

bidder

Kkr & Co

£1,400m

85 dealmakers

target

WINCANTON

bidder

Ceva Logistics

£802m

109 dealmakers

target

Uk Commercial Property Reit

bidder

Tritax Big Box Reit

£1,100m

40 dealmakers

target

MARIADB

bidder

K1 Investment Management

£31m

31 dealmakers