KPMG


Cross-border merger and acquisition purchases by industry, 1996

Number of Deals and Value of Deals in US$ million

  Asia Pacific Western Europe Latin America North America Eastern Europe
 

Deals

Value

Deals

Value

Deals

Value

Deals

Value

Deals

Value

Agriculture and Horticulture

8

232.522

10

25.788

2

13.998

9

85.755

   
Air transport

7

1,320.235

16

585.489

1

0

8

31.539

   
Banking and finance

62

4,119.344

173

12,683.732

4

7.223

71

2,959.879

3

724.000

Business services

74

1,502.940

271

7,595.836

9

1.300

311

4,529.995

   
Chemical industry

70

1,151.466

245

13,828.229

2

0

114

5,300.150

1

0

Coal extraction and manufacture of solid fuel

1

151.194

2

13.551

   

1

0

   
Commission agents

5

1.339

5

0

   

3

262.980

1

0

Construction

25

1,084.423

56

6,043.304

1

0

9

54.600

   
Dealing in scrap and waste materials

1

21.600

3

7.000

1

0

1

0

   
Education

1

0

2

4.776

   

2

169.518

   
Electrical and electronic engineering

78

3,552.249

173

2,856.643

2

8.600

111

3,748.282

1

0

Extraction and preparation of metalliferous ores

21

222.640

17

613.358

2

10.000

70

1,985.265

   
Extraction of mineral oil and natural gas

20

1,603.002

80

9,997.147

8

202.000

99

8,327.890

3

400.000

Extraction of minerals not elsewhere specified

2

8.310

10

198.778

1

14.000

14

651.343

   
Fishing    

2

0

           
Food, drink and tobaccomanufacturing industries

36

1,374.116

197

3,148.707

21

38.700

65

5,496.207

1

0

Footwear and clothing industries

5

0.830

20

80.858

   

10

82.500

   
Forestry

2

104.651

       

1

8.664

   
Hotels and catering

34

1,454.031

33

1,487.516

   

37

1,168.778

   
Instrument engineering

11

76.169

51

557.904

   

44

1,224.327

1

0.465

Insurance, except for compulsory social security

8

167.935

84

12,140.764

   

42

808.251

   
Manufacture of leather and leather goods

1

10.000

1

146.473

   

1

10.000

   
Manufacture of metal goods not elsewhere specified

11

498.610

40

220.906

   

29

467.310

2

0

Manufacture of motor vehicles and parts thereof

71

2,280.742

86

3,535.191

2

4.000

97

5,176.577

1

0

Manufacture of non-metallic products

25

693.616

72

1,166.680

5

728.217

17

945.195

2

21.298

Manufacture of office machinery and data processing equipment

14

673.362

17

578.793

   

28

360.778

   
Manufacture of othertransport equipment

19

270.900

23

47.662

   

17

1,741.169

   
Manufacture of paper and paper products; printing and publishing

26

2,341.441

112

3,450.302

3

480.500

75

4,700.055

1

38.796

Mechanical engineering

32

870.638

146

3,256.304

   

69

1,559.077

   
Medical and other health services: veterinary services

6

71.070

10

4,183.890

   

19

827.843

   
Metal manufacturing

35

2,131.333

47

1,022.684

3

8.000

20

110.208

1

30.480

Mineral oil processing

6

534.060

14

3,342.300

2

250.000

6

57.000

   
Miscellaneous transport services and storage not elsewhere specified

14

347.830

49

708.272

   

25

340.386

   
Other inland transport

7

17.850

28

538.478

1

100.000

23

1,507.840

5

645.000

Other manufacturing industries

11

20.669

15

62.445

   

19

131.409

   
Other services provided to the general public    

1

10.000

           
Owning and dealing in real estate

34

2,701.055

33

1,626.098

   

22

7,251.391

   
Personal services

1

0

3

0

   

8

171.200

   
Postal services and telecommunications

44

1,060.984

92

10,433.573

4

4.000

88

3,869.871

1

0

Processing of rubber and plastics

33

591.245

70

1,268.323

1

0

33

1,055.194

   
Production and distribution of electricity, gas and other forms of energy

19

2,547.461

65

4,391.147

5

1,671.400

41

14,430.294

2

0

Production of man-made fibres

1

10.000

2

375.000

   

4

375.000

   
Railways    

4

0

   

1

700.000

   
Recreational services and other cultural services

34

3,003.507

81

3,303.201

1

129.418

56

1,589.187

   
Renting of movables

3

7.165

17

899.242

   

12

234.400

   
Repair of consumer goods and vehicles

1

1.548

5

2.737

   

3

3.800

   
Research and development

4

28.668

17

653.925

   

13

119.178

   
Retail distribution

18

660.381

84

7,222.235

   

31

755.184

   
Sanitary services    

11

42.105

   

15

179.853

   
Sea transport

11

643.110

10

49.412

   

3

0

   
Supporting services to transport

9

258.096

17

885.170

   

3

6.724

   
Textile industry

9

48.827

21

57.800

   

6

49.081

   
Timber and wooden furniture industries

2

0

19

275.190

   

10

130.859

   
Water supply industry    

7

493.815

   

5

722.000

   
Wholesale distribution (except dealing in scrap andwaste materials)

37

492.638

188

4,340.247

   

90

1,188.355

2

3.500

Total

1,009

40,965.805

2,857

130,458.983

81

3,671.356

1,911

87,662.343

28

1,863.539


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