More Merger & Acquisition Trends For 1st Half 2013 From Berkery Noyes

Media and Marketing Industry Merger & Acquisition Trends For 1st Half 2013

Consumer Publishing had the largest half-to-half year rise in volume, increasing 21 percent since second half 2012. At the same time, M&A volume in the Entertainment segment improved 11 percent. The amount of deals in the B2B Publishing and Information segment underwent a slight uptick, rising from 86 to 90 transactions in the prior half year period.

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Online and Mobile Industry Merger & Acquisition Trends For 1st Half 2013

Volume in the E-Marketing & Search segment increased 17 percent on a half-to-half year basis. The largest transaction in first half 2013, both in the overall industry and the E-Marketing segment, was Salesforce.com’s acquisition of digital marketing provider ExactTarget for $2.25 billion.

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Software Industry Merger & Acquisition Trends For 1st Half 2013

Four of the industry's top ten highest value transactions in first half 2013 were completed by private equity firms. In the cyber security subset, Vista Equity Partners' acquisition of Websense for $942 million was the largest deal backed by a financial sponsor since 2011, when Thoma Bravo acquired Blue Coat Systems for $1.15 billion.

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Healthcare Industry Merger & Acquisition Trends For 1st Half 2013

Healthcare IT remained the most active market segment in first half 2013, representing 40 percent of the industry’s aggregate volume year-to-date. Meanwhile, the largest Pharma IT transaction backed by a financial sponsor in first half 2013 was JLL Partners’ acquisition of BioClinica, a provider of clinical trial management solutions, for $105 million.


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Financial Technology and Information Industry Merger & Acquisition Trends For 1st Half 2013

The segment with the largest half-to-half year increase in volume was Insurance, which rose 42 percent in first half 2013. The industry’s highest value transaction in first half 2013, Fidelity National Financial’s announced acquisition of Lender Processing Services for $3.83 billion, occurred in the Banking segment.

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