KPMG
Cross-border merger and acquisition purchases: Western Europe, 1990-1996
Number of deals and value of deals in US$ millions
| Total 1990-1996 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | ||||||||||
Deals |
Value |
Deals |
Value |
Deals |
Value |
Deals |
Value |
Deals |
Value |
Deals |
Value |
Deals |
Value |
Deals |
Value |
|
| United Kingdom | 4,473 |
167,116.800 |
850 |
25,566.310 |
474 |
8,087.101 |
495 |
9,182.651 |
599 |
29,145.574 |
664 |
33,355.354 |
706 |
26,958.113 |
685 |
34,821.693 |
| Germany | 2,690 |
99,633.410 |
484 |
15,707.495 |
328 |
7,500.958 |
300 |
6,508.272 |
253 |
6,730.502 |
443 |
13,190.861 |
468 |
22,615.660 |
414 |
27,379.666 |
| France | 3,318 |
99,433.060 |
828 |
22,312.357 |
559 |
15,904.224 |
441 |
14,203.535 |
342 |
10,683.546 |
378 |
11,496.899 |
381 |
13,318.312 |
389 |
11,514.189 |
| Netherlands | 1,756 |
63,069.710 |
228 |
4,165.530 |
146 |
6,672.284 |
218 |
6,037.635 |
219 |
12,003.536 |
272 |
4,583.905 |
328 |
9,620.099 |
345 |
19,986.719 |
| Switzerland | 1,271 |
46,258.450 |
264 |
4,981.409 |
169 |
3,002.123 |
146 |
4,039.790 |
120 |
1,899.532 |
186 |
16,271.086 |
199 |
5,787.986 |
187 |
10,276.519 |
| Italy | 1,125 |
33,172.090 |
217 |
5,600.543 |
263 |
4,799.160 |
196 |
7,641.724 |
95 |
5,902.395 |
109 |
2,377.549 |
137 |
3,805.193 |
108 |
3,045.522 |
| Sweden | 982 |
26,768.730 |
266 |
9,842.252 |
138 |
2,310.104 |
106 |
1,090.824 |
67 |
3,385.118 |
93 |
2,066.982 |
157 |
6,618.805 |
155 |
1,454.649 |
| Spain | 378 |
16,413.180 |
89 |
2,607.906 |
57 |
689.951 |
51 |
1,159.338 |
29 |
1,392.422 |
32 |
2,346.113 |
49 |
1,944.390 |
71 |
6,273.064 |
| Belgium | 408 |
13,536.710 |
87 |
659.466 |
57 |
629.537 |
46 |
1,001.826 |
41 |
513.216 |
49 |
1,422.809 |
58 |
8,096.897 |
70 |
1,212.962 |
| Norway | 319 |
12,716.400 |
66 |
1,472.875 |
31 |
228.175 |
33 |
1,140.474 |
25 |
376.804 |
42 |
1,026.133 |
61 |
3,534.913 |
61 |
4,937.021 |
| Ireland | 429 |
10,577.030 |
63 |
861.066 |
24 |
602.384 |
49 |
526.679 |
53 |
591.384 |
74 |
2,431.224 |
59 |
1,695.314 |
107 |
3,868.978 |
| Denmark | 622 |
9,223.030 |
53 |
641.633 |
54 |
1,089.522 |
70 |
1,063.988 |
67 |
613.487 |
83 |
706.127 |
166 |
1,262.609 |
129 |
3,845.661 |
| Luxembourg | 141 |
5,958.100 |
7 |
765.424 |
26 |
942.373 |
25 |
792.463 |
18 |
2,112.665 |
25 |
505.699 |
24 |
622.613 |
16 |
216.864 |
| Finland | 426 |
5,334.090 |
99 |
1,459.602 |
49 |
700.133 |
49 |
286.758 |
33 |
571.971 |
59 |
495.515 |
71 |
1,418.570 |
66 |
401.540 |
| Turkey | 29 |
1,604.349 |
3 |
17.950 |
2 |
58.000 |
5 |
181.175 |
6 |
718.640 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
7.000 |
4 |
621.584 |
| Austria | 274 |
1,541.482 |
66 |
508.738 |
60 |
198.152 |
25 |
196.923 |
17 |
93.967 |
27 |
43.978 |
45 |
448.364 |
34 |
51.360 |
| Portugal | 48 |
1,347.919 |
8 |
0.688 |
3 |
165.430 |
8 |
309.038 |
4 |
162.052 |
11 |
241.652 |
6 |
247.161 |
8 |
221.898 |
| Greece | 23 |
770.868 |
2 |
5.400 |
4 |
6.653 |
6 |
678.625 |
5 |
68.344 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
11.846 |
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| Liechtenstein | 13 |
482.137 |
3 |
15.375 |
1 |
53.000 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.781 |
2 |
14.195 |
2 |
81.541 |
3 |
317.245 |
| Cyprus | 7 |
58.000 |
2 |
34.100 |
1 |
12.500 |
1 |
10.000 |
1 |
1.400 |
2 |
0 |
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| Malta | 1 |
5.106 |
1 |
5.106 |
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| Monaco | 5 |
1.048 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1.048 |
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| Andorra | 1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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| Greenland | 1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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| Total | 18,740 |
615,021.700 |
3,683 |
97,186.619 |
2,446 |
53,672.111 |
2,269 |
55,385.246 |
1,997 |
77,591.323 |
2,562 |
92,645.825 |
2,926 |
108,084.588 |
2,857 |
130,458.983 |
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