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MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS Introduction The table below outlines merger and acquisitions activity in the UK over the period 1990-2001. The first point of note is the high level of acquisitions during the second half of the 1990s. If we were to go further back, we would find that there was also a boom in acquisitions activity in the second half of the 1980s and during the period from 1968 to 1973. This demonstrates one feature of acquisitions activity: it tends to occur in waves. Acquisitions of UK Companies 1990-2001(Q3) By UK Companies By Non-UK Companies Date No of Acquisitions Cost (£ million) No of Acquisitions Cost (£ million) 1990 779 8,329 143 10,958 1991 506 10,434 146 6,667 1992 432 5,941 210 4,139 1993 526 7,063 267 5,187 1994 674 8,269 202 5,213 1995 505 32,600 131 12,817 1996 584 30,742 133 9,513 1997 506 26,829 193 15,717 1998 635 29,525 252 32,413 1999 2000 2001(Q1-Q3) 493 587 313 26,163 106,916 26,724 252 227 114 60,860 64,618 20,188 Office for National Statistics, www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/mainmenu.asp Another striking feature of the most recent wave of acquisitions has been the large size of individual acquisitions. For instance, in 1989 there were a total of 1505 acquisitions of UK companies costing a total of 39.38 billion. This represents an average cost per acquisition of approximately...

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