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Deal Drivers: Americas Q1 2021

                 A spotlight on mergers and
                 acquisitions trends in 2021
Deal Drivers: Americas Q1 2021 - A spotlight on mergers and acquisitions trends in 2021 - Datasite
Contents

Foreword                                       03

Outlook                                        04

Summary                                        05

Canada                                         08

Western US                                     12

Midwestern US                                  16

Southern US                                    20

Northeastern US                                24

Brazil                                         28

Latin America & the Caribbean (excl. Brazil)   32

About this report                              36

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Foreword: North-South divide
 underpinning uneven recovery
After a challenging year that saw deal activity freeze through   The US has led the way, with deal value more than
H1 2020 as the outbreak of COVID-19 forced countries into        doubling year-on-year in Q1 2021 to reach US$658.73bn.
lockdowns, the M&A market in the Americas has reset and          The conclusion of the US presidential election and the
recovered, posting steady deal numbers through Q1 2021.          inauguration of Joe Biden have given capital markets
Aggregate deal value for the region reached US$658.73bn          more certainty. The country has also benefited from a mass
from 1,961 transactions announced in Q1 2021, up from            roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines, with almost 100m people in
US$236.77bn from 1,918 deals in the same period last year.       the US fully vaccinated through the early months of this year.

                                                                 Outside of North America, deal markets in Brazil and
  But while the headline gains in M&A                            elsewhere in Latin America have also seen improvement
  activity offer reasons for optimism in                         in Q1 2021, but the rebound hasn’t been as pronounced.
  the deal community, the recovery has                           The outlook for the rest of the year is also less certain, with
  been noticeably uneven.                                        a second wave of COVID-19 infections hitting Brazil and
                                                                 its neighbors, prompting another round of containment
                                                                 measures. This has impacted economic growth forecasts
The M&A rebound has been more pronounced in North                and is likely to color M&A activity in South America through
America, where dealmakers in the US and Canada have              the rest of 2021.
benefited from a bounce in stock markets and reduced
numbers of COVID-19 cases.                                       The uneven nature of the M&A recovery that has
                                                                 characterized the Americas over the first quarter of this
                                                                 year is more than likely to remain a defining theme for the
                                                                 region in the coming months.

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Outlook: Americas                                                  Heat chart based on potential companies for sale

                                                                                                                         Midwestern US

                                                                                                                                                                               & the Caribbean
heat chart

                                                                                                                                                       Northeastern

                                                                                                                                                                               Latin America
                                                                                                                                         Southern US
                                                                                                            Western US
                                                                                                   Canada

                                                                                                                                                                                                 TOTAL
                                                                                                                                                                      Brazil
                                                                                                                                                       US
                                                                             Financial services      24     322          199             359            463            37         15             1,419
According to our forward-looking heat chart, which illustrates
the distribution of ‘companies for sale’ stories on the                                              34     347          119             191            293            45         18             1,047
                                                                                           TMT
Mergermarket intelligence tool, financial services is the
sector in which dealmakers should expect to see the most                                             24     176          102             171            222            23           1            719
                                                                     Pharma, medical & biotech
activity in the Americas. In Q1, the intelligence tool logged
1,419 stories about financial services companies coming to
                                                                        Industrials & chemicals      11     110            94            136            130           11            2            494
market in the Americas, representing almost 30% of the 5,015
stories overall. After financial services, technology, media and
                                                                             Business services         7     90            39            138            106            22           7            409
telecoms (TMT) logged the second-most ‘for sale’ stories with
1,047 (21%), followed at some distance by pharma, medical &
                                                                                     Consumer        12      79            52             70             92            29         13             347
biotech (PMB) with 719 (14%).

                                                                      Energy, mining & utilities     21      37            16             38             30            30         12             184
The heat chart is dominated by the US, with other economies
much more tepid by comparison. Combined, the four US
                                                                                        Leisure        1     33               9           34             29             7           3            116
regions accounted for 4,549 ‘for sale’ stories, or more than
90% of the total. Several key sectors, from financial services
                                                                                Transportation         4     12            11             35             13           10            2             87
to industrials & chemicals (I&C), are indicating red-hot
activity in the US, especially in the Northeast of the country.
                                                                                    Real estate        4     22               9           22             17             5           3             82
That region, home to the New York market, contributed 463
financial services stories, almost one-third of all such stories
across the Americas. In the Western US region, TMT stories                        Construction                 5              4           12               9          14                          44                                Warm                      Hot
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Cold
are flourishing, accounting for 347 of the 1,047 total such
stories from the Americas.                                                          Agriculture        8     10               5              2             4            4           3             36
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Note: The Intelligence Heat Charts are based on
                                                                                                                                                                                                             ‘companies for sale’ tracked by Mergermarket in the
                                                                                       Defense                 8              5           14               4                                      31         respective regions between October 1, 2020 and
                                                                                                                                                                                                             March 31, 2021. Opportunities are captured according
                                                                                                                                                                                                             to the dominant geography and sector
                                                                                         TOTAL      150     1,251        664             1,222 1,412                  237         79             5,015   Source: Mergermarket
                                                                                                                                                                                                             of the potential target company.
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Summary: A tale of two continents

Despite the diverging macroeconomic performance across             Paving the way to recovery                                                       Americas M&A activity,
the region, M&A activity for the Americas as a whole was           Dealmaking in the US has been supported by a recovering                          2018-Q1 2021
strong in Q1 2021, reflecting the ongoing release of pent-up       economy, a bullish outlook for GDP growth, and rising stock
demand among dealmakers to deploy capital and bring deals          markets. Morgan Stanley has estimated US growth of 8.1%
that had been delayed through much of the pandemic period          for Q1 2021, with the economy expected to recover to pre-                    2,500                                                                       700

back to market.                                                    pandemic levels by Q2.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            600
M&A deal value for the Americas surged from 1,918 deals
worth US$236.77bn in Q1 2020 to 1,961 deals valued at
                                                                     A decline in COVID-19 infections, tied to a                                2,000

US$658.73bn in Q1 2021, the largest quarterly value for the          successful vaccination program, has boosted                                                                                                            500

region on record in the last three years.                            the recovery, as has significant economic

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Deal value US$(bn)
                                                                                                                                                1,500
                                                                     stimulus in the form of a US$1.9tn spending                                                                                                            400

                                                                                                                                      Deal volume
The US market drove the deal uptick, with all the regions in the
country delivering strong growth in deal value. Overall, US deal
                                                                     plan led by the new Biden administration.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            300
value was up from US$213.3bn in Q1 last year to US$562bn in                                                                                     1,000

Q1 2021.                                                           US stock markets have responded positively, with the Dow
                                                                   Jones Industrial Index and S&P 500 cresting all-time highs in Q1                                                                                         200

                                                                   and showing gains of 10.26% and 9.9% respectively for the year                   500
                                                                   to date through early April.                                                                                                                             100

                                                                   Canadian dealmakers have also benefited from recovering GDP
                                                                                                                                                      0                                                                      0
                                                                   figures and buoyant stock markets. Canada saw deal volumes                             Q1    Q2 Q3        Q4   Q1   Q2 Q3   Q4      Q1   Q2 Q3   Q4   Q1
                                                                   and values jump from 144 deals worth US$13.3bn in Q1 2020                                     2018                   2019                 2020        2021

                                                                   to 181 deals worth US$56.93bn in Q1 2021.                                                   Deal volume        Deal value US$(bn)

                                                                                                                                                          Source: Mergermarket

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Bucking virus tumult                                         Americas top sectors by value I Q1 2021
In Brazil and Latin American, deal activity has also
                                                                                                   US$(m)
increased through Q1 2020, despite ongoing disruption
                                                             TMT                                206,103
from COVID-19—vaccination rates in the region have           Industrials & chemicals            100,828
lagged behind North America and case numbers continue        Financial services                  99,456
to surge. This has taken a toll on stock market sentiment    Pharma, medical & biotech           54,692
in Latin America, with the S&P Latin America 40 down 6%      Transportation                      48,443
for the year. This same sentiment may yet extend to M&A
through 2021.
                                                               Americas top sectors by volume I Q1 2021
But to start the year, activity was strong as M&A markets                                              Deal count
reopened. In Brazil, deal volume and aggregate value            TMT                                        548
climbed to 112 deals valued at US$21.7bn in Q1, up from         Industrials & chemicals                    300
87 deals worth US$4.9bn in Q1 2020. For Latin America &         Business services                          257
the Caribbean (excl. Brazil), deal volumes over the same        Pharma, medical & biotech                  239
                                                                Financial services                         170
comparative period dipped from 78 deals to 48 deals, but
deal value showed a more than three-fold increase, rising
from US$5.3bn in Q1 2020 to more than US$18bn in Q1 of       Americas top bidders by value I Q1 2021
this year.
                                                                                                   US$(m)
                                                             USA                                460,806
Concerning sectors, TMT, I&C, and financial services
                                                             Canada                              81,095
were the dominant industries in terms of deal flow. TMT      Ireland (Republic)                  46,679
deals accounted for more than one-quarter (548) of all       Brazil                              14,749
transactions announced in Q1 (1,961) in the Americas, and    Japan                               10,350
almost one-third of the aggregate value (US$206.1bn).
I&C came in a distant second, with the aggregate value for
                                                               Americas top bidders by volume I Q1 2021
the 300 industrials deals totaling US$100.8bn. Financial
services delivered deal value of US$99.5bn, but from only                                           Deal count
170 transactions.                                               USA                                     1,451
                                                                Canada                                    158
                                                                Brazil                                     83
                                                                United Kingdom                             54
                                                                France                                     21

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Irish outlier in domestic crowd                                     Americas top 10 announced deals, Q1 2021
In terms of inbound bidder activity, the US, Canada, and Brazil
delivered the highest volumes, implying a focus on domestic
                                                                         Announced    Status*   Bidder company                       Target company                 Sector            Vendor company               Deal value
and intraregional transactions. One outlier was the Republic of          date                                                                                                                                        (US$m)
Ireland, which was the third-most active inbound bidder with
                                                                     1   10-Mar-21    P         AerCap Holdings N.V.                 GE Capital Aviation            Financial         General Electric Company        31,000
total deal value of US$46.67bn.                                                                                                      Services LLC                   services

                                                                     2   21-Mar-21    P         Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd         Kansas City Southern           Transportation                                    28,643
This was a result of the involvement of an Irish bidder in the
largest Americas deals of the year, which saw AerCap Holdings        3   15-Mar-21    P         Rogers Communications Inc.           Shaw Communications            TMT                                               20,424
                                                                                                                                     Inc.
acquire GE Capital Aviation Services from parent company
General Electric in a deal worth US$31bn. The deal will create       4   06-Jan-21    P         OptumInsight, Inc.                   Change Healthcare Inc.         TMT               Blackstone Group L.P.           12,550

an industry leader across the aircraft leasing business, from
large aircraft and engines to regional jets and helicopters.         5   22-Feb-21    P         Churchill Capital Corp IV            Atieva, Inc.                   Industrials &                                     11,750
                                                                                                                                                                    chemicals

GE Capital Aviation Services was one of six US targets               6   24-Feb-21    P         ICON plc                             PRA Health Sciences, Inc.      Pharma, medical                                   11,487
                                                                                                                                                                    & biotech
among the 10 biggest transactions in the Americas. In the
                                                                     7   08-Mar-21    P         Apollo Global Management, LLC        Athene Holding Ltd             Financial                                         10,921
second largest Americas deal, Canadian Pacific Railway paid                                                                                                         services
US$28.6bn for Kansas City Southern, the cross-border railroad
                                                                     8   01-Mar-21    P         Hapvida Participacoes e              Notre Dame Intermedica         Financial         Bain Capital, LP.               10,063
operator. A Canadian target featured in the third-largest deal in                               Investimentos SA                     Participacoes S.A.             services
the region, with Rogers Communications bidding US$20.4bn for         9   10-Feb-21    P         Brookfield Infrastructure Partners   Inter Pipeline Ltd (80.35%     Transportation                                     9,887
telecoms group Shaw Communications.                                                             L.P.                                 Stake)

                                                                    10   31-Mar-21    P         Hitachi, Ltd.                        GlobalLogic, Inc.              TMT               Canada Pension Plan              9,600
                                                                                                                                                                                      Investment Board; Partners
                                                                                                                                                                                      Group Holding AG
                                                                         *C = Completed; P = Pending

                                                                                                                                                         Source: Mergermarket

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Canada
Deal Drivers: Americas Q1 2021 - A spotlight on mergers and acquisitions trends in 2021 - Datasite
Canada cresting the wave of a
hopefully sustainable recovery
Canada’s economy and stock markets showed positive signs                                                                                                                       On the up and up
in Q1 2021 as the country rebounded from 2020’s COVID-19
                                                                             Canada M&A activity,                                                                              Despite the recent surge in coronavirus cases, deal activity
disruption. The National Bank of Canada has revised its GDP
                                                                             2018-Q1 2021                                                                                      in Canada was robust through Q1 2021, recording a sharp
growth forecast for 2021 upwards from 5.5% to 6%, while the                                                                                                                    increase on comparative periods in recent years.
Toronto Stock Exchange has gained 10.14% for the year so far                 250                                                                     60

through early April.                                                                                                                                                           Deal volume and aggregate value in Q1 2021 came in at 181
                                                                                                                                                                               deals worth almost US$57bn, up from the 144 transactions
                                                                                                                                                     50
                                                                                                                                                                               valued at US$13.3bn in Q1 2020. Deal value was also more
  Canada has seen COVID-19 infection                                         200
                                                                                                                                                                               than double the US$23.3bn recorded in Q1 2019.
  numbers rise through late Q1 and early Q2
                                                                                                                                                     40
  2021, mainly as result of new virus variants                                                                                                                                 The positive figures for Q1 2021 reflect building momentum

                                                                                                                                                          Deal value US$(bn)
                                                                             150
  and the slow rollout of vaccines. But the                                                                                                                                    in Canada’s deal markets. After falling to just US$3.1bn from

                                                               Deal volume
                                                                                                                                                                               98 deals in Q2 2020, reflecting the impact of the first round
  country has secured enough doses to                                                                                                                30
                                                                                                                                                                               of lockdowns, deal value increased to US$6.9bn in Q3 2020
  inoculate its population many times over,                                  100                                                                                               and then US$35.4bn in Q4 2020. Whether this ascendant
  offering some hope that case numbers will                                                                                                          20                        trend can hold through the rest of 2021 is not yet clear –
  soon decline.                                                                                                                                                                the Q1 2021 deal value figure represents by far the highest
                                                                             50
                                                                                                                                                                               quarterly total of the last three years in Canada.
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                                                                              0                                                                       0
                                                                                   Q1    Q2 Q3        Q4   Q1   Q2 Q3   Q4      Q1   Q2 Q3   Q4   Q1
                                                                                          2018                   2019                 2020        2021

                                                                                        Deal volume        Deal value US$(bn)

                                                                                   Source: Mergermarket

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Canada top sectors by value I Q1 2021                Telecoms rules changes                                          The high TMT value figure was thanks in large part
                                                     The TMT sector was the largest contributor to overall deal      to Rogers Communications paying US$20.4bn for
                                    US$(m)
                                                     value in Q1, accounting for US$26.2bn. This was almost triple   Canadian telecoms group Shaw Communications, the
TMT                               26,235
Transportation                    10,068             the US$10.1bn attributed to the second-place transportation     largest Canadian deal from Q1. The transaction will
Industrials & chemicals            8,306             sector. I&C came in third by value, recording US$8.3bn worth    create the second-largest cable and cellular operator
Energy, mining & utilities         7,203             of deals.                                                       in Canada and follows calls from the government
Pharma, medical & biotech          1,973                                                                             for the country’s three biggest telecom groups, who
                                                     In terms of deal volumes, TMT also led the way with 42 deals,   control approximately 90% of the market, to reduce
                                                     followed by energy, mining & utilities (EMU) with 36 deals,     prices on some services plans by up to one-quarter.
  Canada top sectors by volume I Q1 2021
                                                     and then I&C with 24.
                                        Deal count
   TMT                                        42     TMT accounted for three of the seven largest deals
   Energy, mining & utilities                 36     announced in Canada, with I&C delivering four deals in the
   Industrials & chemicals                    24     top 10. The EMU, consumer, and transportation sectors
   Business services                          22     accounted for one each.
   Consumer                                   14

Canada top bidders by value I Q1 2021
                                    US$(m)
Canada                            42,000
USA                               10,241
Australia                          2,462
United Kingdom                     1,479
South Korea                          600

  Canada top bidders by volume I Q1 2021
                                        Deal count
  Canada                                      98
  USA                                         57
  United Kingdom                               9
  France                                       4
  Australia                                    3

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Canada top 10 announced deals, Q1 2021

     Announced    Status*   Bidder company                 Target company               Sector             Vendor company                 Deal value
                                                                                                                                                       Consolidation drives in fragile markets
     date                                                                                                                                   (US$m)     The relatively high aggregate value of transportation deals
                                                                                                                                                       in Q1 was also boosted by one large announcement, as
 1   15-Mar-21    P         Rogers Communications Inc.     Shaw Communications Inc.     TMT                                                  20,424
                                                                                                                                                       Brookfield Infrastructure Partners bid almost US$10bn for
 2   10-Feb-21    P         Brookfield Infrastructure      Inter Pipeline Ltd (80.35%   Transportation                                        9,887    an 80.5% stake in Inter Pipeline, the Calgary-based energy
                            Partners L.P.                  Stake)                                                                                      infrastructure company focused on the transportation and
 3   10-Feb-21    C         ARC Resources Ltd.             Seven Generations Energy     Energy, mining &                                      3,720    storage of energy products. The bid was hostile and initially
                                                           Ltd.                         utilities
                                                                                                                                                       rebuffed by the Inter Pipeline board for undervaluing the
 4   04-Mar-21    P         Sustainable Opportunities      DeepGreen Metals Inc.        Industrials &                                         2,250    company. The market is waiting to see whether Brookfield
                            Acquisition Corp                                            chemicals
                                                                                                                                                       will up its bid or whether the company can find alternatives
 5   02-Feb-21    P         IFM Investors; Ontario         Enwave Energy Corp.          Industrials &      Brookfield Infrastructure          2,187
                                                                                                                                                       following a strategic review.
                            Teachers' Pension Plan                                      chemicals          Partners L.P.

 6   05-Jan-21    C         Constellation Software, Inc.   Topicus.com Inc              TMT                Constellation Software, Inc.       2,031
                                                                                                                                                       The third-largest Canadian deal in Q1 2021 came in the
                            (Shareholders)
                                                                                                                                                       EMU sector, with oil & gas player ARC Resources paying
 7   24-Feb-21    P         Diligent Corporation           Galvanize Inc.               TMT                Norwest Venture Partners           1,000
                                                                                                                                                       US$3.7bn for Seven Generations Energy to form the sixth
                                                                                                                                                       largest oil & gas company in Canada. The deal reflects a
 8   23-Feb-21    P         The Estee Lauder Companies     Deciem Inc. (47% Stake)      Consumer                                              1,000
                            Inc                                                                                                                        trend of consolidation across the industry as companies
 9   16-Feb-21    P         Peridot Acquisition Corp.      Li-Cycle Corp.               Industrials &                                           975    seek opportunities to build scale and cut costs in a
                                                                                        chemicals                                                      recovering but still volatile oil & gas market.
10   09-Mar-21    P         Secure Energy Services Inc.    Tervita Corporation          Industrials &                                           940
                                                                                        chemicals
                                                                                                                                                       Looking ahead into 2021, financial services, TMT, and
     *C = Completed; P = Pending
                                                                                                                                                       PMB are expected to see the most M&A activity, according
                                                                                                                                                       to the Mergermarket heat chart. There are 24 financial
                                                                                                                                                       services and PMB companies each reported to be up for
                                                                                                                                                       sale in Canada, with 34 TMT businesses reported to be
                                                                                                                                                       seeking buyers.

                                                                                                                                                        Source: Mergermarket

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Western US
Spate of large deals points to
return to pre-pandemic form
Through the first three months of this year, the Western US M&A   TMT dominates proceedings                                                          Western US M&A activity,
market posted the second-highest quarterly deal value total       US bidders accounted for most of the investment into the                           2018-Q1 2021
since 2018, with only Q4 2020 coming in higher.                   region by some distance, with deals to the value of US$175.1bn,
                                                                  around 90% of the total for the quarter. Japan was the next
The aggregate deal value of US$196.6bn in Q1 2021 was close       largest inbound bidder by value, contributing US$10.4bn worth                      600                                                                     250

to quadruple the US$57.21bn posted during the same period         of deals. Switzerland ranked third, but with only US$3.27bn of
last year. Deal volume was also up year-on-year, rising to 516    deals. These sums arose from very few deals, with Japanese and
                                                                                                                                                     500
deals from 446 transactions in Q1 2020. No other quarter of       Swiss buyers each involved in four bids in Q1 in the Western US.                                                                                           200
the last three years has logged a higher volume of transaction
announcements.                                                    The TMT industry was the largest contributor to deal value in
                                                                                                                                                     400
                                                                  the region, coming in at US$79.2bn in Q1, up more than three-

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Deal value US$(bn)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             150
                                                                  fold from the US$25.1bn posted by the sector in Q1 2020,
  The strong numbers for Q1 confirm the

                                                                                                                                       Deal volume
                                                                  when the pandemic first began to inhibit M&A activity globally.                    300
  recovery in M&A markets in this key US region                   I&C was the next biggest sector by value, with US$56.9bn of
  through the pandemic period. Deal volume                        transactions, a massive uptick from the US$2.8bn figure for                                                                                                100

  and value collapsed to just 286 transactions                    Q1 2020.                                                                           200

  worth US$32.4bn in Q2 2020 at the peak                          TMT was also the busiest sector by volume, with 191 deals                                                                                                  50
  of COVID-19 uncertainty but has recovered                       (almost 40% of the total), followed by PMB with 77 deals, and                      100

  steadily since.                                                 I&C with 70 transactions. Moreover, TMT and I&C each delivered
                                                                  four of the region’s 10 largest deals, with financial services and
                                                                                                                                                       0                                                                      0
                                                                  business services accounting for the remaining two.                                      Q1    Q2 Q3        Q4   Q1   Q2 Q3   Q4      Q1   Q2 Q3   Q4   Q1
Q3 2020 saw 411 deal announcements worth US$176.1bn,                                                                                                              2018                   2019                 2020        2021

and the year closed strongly in Q4, with 487 deals worth                                                                                                        Deal volume        Deal value US$(bn)
US$217.2bn. Q1 2021 represents, dealmakers hope, a return to
form for a US with new political leadership.                                                                                                               Source: Mergermarket

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SPAC revolution                                                   SPACs, also known as blank-check companies, which raise           W-US top sectors by value I Q1 2021
The largest deal in the Western US in Q1 saw Churchill            money on stock markets to invest via M&A transactions, are
                                                                                                                                                                          US$(m)
Capital, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)             expected to remain influential players in US deal markets
                                                                                                                                    TMT                               79,215
headed by veteran dealmaker Michael Klein, acquire Atieva,        across all regions, having raised more money in the first three   Industrials & chemicals           56,913
the group that runs electric vehicle start-up Lucid Motors, for   months of 2021 than in 2020 as a whole.                           Business services                 18,845
US$11.8bn. When announced, it was the largest SPAC deal                                                                             Pharma, medical & biotech         18,087
to date.                                                          The second-largest deal in the Western US in Q1 fell in the       Financial services                 8,431
                                                                  TMT sector, as Japan’s Hitachi acquired software engineering
                                                                  company GlobalLogic in a US$9.6bn deal with the Canada
                                                                                                                                      W-US top sectors by volume I Q1 2021
                                                                  Pension Plan Investment Board and Partners Group. The deal
                                                                  is the largest ever by the Japanese conglomerate and forms                                               Deal count
                                                                  part of the long-term strategy to slim down and reposition           TMT                                     191
                                                                  Hitachi as an IT and infrastructure specialist.                      Pharma, medical & biotech                77
                                                                                                                                       Industrials & chemicals                  70
                                                                                                                                       Business services                        56
                                                                                                                                       Consumer                                 40

                                                                                                                                    W-US top bidders by value I Q1 2021
                                                                                                                                                                          US$(m)
                                                                                                                                    USA                              175,094
                                                                                                                                    Japan                             10,350
                                                                                                                                    Switzerland                        3,276
                                                                                                                                    Canada                             2,736
                                                                                                                                    United Kingdom                     1,072

                                                                                                                                      W-US top bidders by volume I Q1 2021
                                                                                                                                                                           Deal count
                                                                                                                                      USA                                      428
                                                                                                                                      Canada                                    21
                                                                                                                                      United Kingdom                            15
                                                                                                                                      Sweden                                     6
                                                                                                                                      Germany                                    5

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Red-hot 2021                                                         Western US top 10 announced deals, Q1 2021
The third-largest deal in the region came again, as with the
Atieva transaction, in the I&C space. Teledyne Technologies
                                                                          Announced    Status*   Bidder company       Target company      Sector            Vendor company                                                Deal
bought fellow sensory technology developer FLIR Systems in                date                                                                                                                                           value
a transaction valued at US$7.8bn. For Teledyne, which has a                                                                                                                                                            (US$m)

strong customer base in the aerospace, healthcare, marine and         1   22-Feb-21    P         Churchill Capital    Atieva, Inc.        Industrials &                                                                11,750
                                                                                                 Corp IV                                  chemicals
climate monitoring spaces, FLIR’s expertise in the consumer
sensor and thermal imaging verticals will add to its capabilities.    2   31-Mar-21    P         Hitachi, Ltd.        GlobalLogic, Inc.   TMT               Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; Partners Group        9,600
                                                                                                                                                            Holding AG

The outlook for Western US dealmaking remains positive moving         3   04-Jan-21    P         Teledyne             FLIR Systems,       Industrials &                                                                 7,804
                                                                                                 Technologies         Inc.                chemicals
forward, with Mergermarket’s heat map noting 1,251 ‘company                                      Incorporated
for sale’ stories in the region. The TMT and I&C sectors are
                                                                      4   04-Feb-21    P         Stone Point -        CoreLogic, Inc.     Business                                                                      7,490
expected to remain critical and red-hot sources of deal flow,                                    Insight Partners                         services
                                                                                                 consortium
with 347 and 110 ‘for sale stories’ respectively. PMB (176) and
financial services (322) are also expected to be hot areas for        5   25-Mar-21    P         II-VI Incorporated   Coherent, Inc.      TMT                                                                           6,816

M&A in the Western US.
                                                                      6   07-Jan-21    P         Social Capital       Social Finance,     TMT                                                                           6,570
                                                                                                 Hedosophia           Inc.
                                                                                                 Holdings Corp. V

                                                                      7   03-Mar-21    P         Okta, Inc.           Auth0, Inc.         TMT               Bessemer Venture Partners; Meritech Capital Partners;       6,500
                                                                                                                                                            Trinity Ventures LLP; Sapphire Ventures, LLC; K9
                                                                                                                                                            Ventures, LLC; Telstra Ventures Pty. Limited; Salesforce
                                                                                                                                                            Ventures ; World Innovation Lab; Deutsche Telekom
                                                                                                                                                            Capital Partners Management GmbH

                                                                      8   05-Mar-21    P         TSG Consumer         Mavis Tire Supply   Industrials &     Golden Gate Capital                                         6,000
                                                                                                 Partners, LLC;       LLC                 chemicals
                                                                                                 StepStone Group
                                                                                                 Inc.; BayPine

                                                                      9   04-Mar-21    P         Reinvent             Hippo               Financial                                                                     5,522
                                                                                                 Technology           Enterprises Inc.    services
                                                                                                 Partners Z

                                                                     10   24-Feb-21    P         Reinvent             Joby Aero, Inc.     Industrials &                                                                 5,000
                                                                                                 Technology                               chemicals
                                                                                                 Partners
                                                                          *C = Completed; P = Pending

                                                                                                                                                          Source: Mergermarket

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            15
Midwestern US
Trains and tech investments
building foundation for optimism
M&A activity in the Midwestern US stabilized in Q1 2021 after a    Riding the rails                                                                 Midwestern US M&A activity,
volatile period of dealmaking through the pandemic period.         The transportation industry was the largest in the Midwest by                    2018-Q1 2021
                                                                   value, coming in at US$31.8bn for the quarter, up almost 30-
The region recorded deal value of US$98.2bn from 281 deals in      fold from the US$1.3bn recorded by the sector in the first three
Q1 2021, up from US$345bn of value from 284 transactions in        months of 2020.                                                                  350                                                                     160

the same quarter last year. The steady showing followed a series
of up-and-down quarters. Q2 2020 saw only 146 deals worth          The massive leap in aggregate deal value for transportation was                  300
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            140

US$6.9bn, before a recovery in Q3 with 226 transactions valued     almost entirely down to a single transaction—the Canadian
at US$65.9bn. In Q4, however, deal value tailed off again, with    Pacific Railway’s US$28.6bn purchase of Kansas City Southern.                                                                                            120
                                                                                                                                                    250
US$47.7bn of transactions from 298 deals.
                                                                   The deal is the largest in Canadian Pacific’s history. In Kansas                                                                                         100

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Deal value US$(bn)
                                                                   City Southern, it will take ownership of the smallest of the                     200
  Although Midwestern Q1 2021 deal value

                                                                                                                                      Deal volume
                                                                   seven US ‘Class 1’ railway operators that dominate the national                                                                                          80
  and volume trails the levels seen in Q1 2018                     rail freight market. The deal will open up a line running from
                                                                                                                                                    150
  (US$142.2bn from 303 deals) and Q1 2019                          Canada to Mexico, exemplifying—after a difficult period in the                                                                                           60

  (US$114.9bn from 284 deals), the uptick from                     pandemic, and given the Biden administration’s intention to
                                                                   revive trade with Mexico—how Canadian Pacific sees scope                         100
  Q4 2020 and recovery when compared                               for growth.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            40

  to H1 of last year offer grounds for optimism.                                                                                                     50
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            20

                                                                                                                                                      0                                                                      0
                                                                                                                                                          Q1    Q2 Q3        Q4   Q1   Q2 Q3   Q4      Q1   Q2 Q3   Q4   Q1
                                                                                                                                                                 2018                   2019                 2020        2021

                                                                                                                                                               Deal volume        Deal value US$(bn)

                                                                                                                                                          Source: Mergermarket

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     17
Tech in the spotlight                                             MW-US top sectors by value I Q1 2021
The Kansas City Southern deal helped Canadian bidders
                                                                                                     US$(m)
to rank as the second-largest group of inbound investors
                                                                  Industrials & chemicals           9,706
in the Midwest, with US$30.6bn of deals. Domestic deals           TMT                               9,021
accounted for most of the investment in the region, with          Real estate                       6,239
the US as a whole representing US$58.7bn of deals in the          Financial services                2,783
Midwest in Q1 2021.                                               Business services                 2,607

After transportation, the region’s next biggest sector by value
                                                                    MW-US top sectors by volume I Q1 2021
was TMT, which saw deal value double from US$9bn in Q1
2020 to US$18bn in Q1 2021. The I&C sector accounted for                                                 Deal count
the third-largest share of deal value, with Q1 2021’s total for      Industrials & chemicals                   77
the industry coming in at US$17.5bn, up year-on-year from            TMT                                       60
US$9.7bn.                                                            Business services                         38
                                                                     Pharma, medical & biotech                 30
                                                                     Financial services                        23
In terms of deal volumes, I&C was the busiest sector, with 77
transactions, the same number as in Q1 2020. TMT was the
next most active industry with 60 deals, up from 44 in Q1         MW-US top bidders by value I Q1 2021
2020. Business services came in third with 38 transactions,
                                                                                                     US$(m)
down from 50 in the first quarter of last year.
                                                                  USA                              58,668
                                                                  Canada                           30,580
                                                                  Singapore                         2,050
                                                                  Germany                           1,795
                                                                  Ireland (Republic)                1,650

                                                                    MW-US top bidders by volume I Q1 2021
                                                                                                         Deal count
                                                                     USA                                     248
                                                                     Canada                                    7
                                                                     United Kingdom                            6
                                                                     France                                    4
                                                                     Germany                                   2

                                                                                                                      18
Plugging into the cloud                                           Midwestern US top 10 announced deals, Q1 2020
After the Canadian Pacific/Kansas City Southern deal, the
second-largest Midwestern deal was in the TMT space, as
                                                                        Announced    Status*   Bidder company                  Target company                         Sector           Vendor company        Deal value
SPAC Dragoneer Growth Opportunities paid US$6.8bn for CCC               date                                                                                                                                   (US$m)
Information Services, an insurtech developer backed by PE firm
                                                                   1    21-Mar-21    P         Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd    Kansas City Southern                   Transportation                            28,643
Advent International.
                                                                   2    03-Feb-21    P         Dragoneer Growth                CCC Information Services Inc.          TMT                                        6,774
In the third-largest Midwestern deal, also in the TMT industry,                                Opportunities Corp.

Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp, another SPAC investor,           3    25-Jan-21    P         Foley Trasimene Acquisition     Alight Solutions, LLC                  TMT                                        5,131
                                                                                               Corp.
acquired Alight Solutions in a deal valued at US$5.1bn. Foley
Trasimene, led by high-profile investor Bill Foley, agreed to      4    16-Feb-21    P         Regal Beloit Corporation        Rexnord Corporation (Process &         Industrials &    Rexnord Corporation       3,690
                                                                                                                               Motion Control segment) (61.4%         chemicals
acquire the cloud-powered US benefits services provider                                                                        Stake)
from PE backer Blackstone. Blackstone retained a stake in the
                                                                   5    27-Jan-21    P         Massachusetts Mutual Life       Great American Life Insurance          Financial        American Financial        3,500
company post-deal, which saw Alight listed on the New York                                     Insurance Company               Company                                services         Group, Inc.
Stock Exchange.
                                                                   6    24-Mar-21    C         BDT Capital Partners, LLC       Acrisure, LLC                          Financial                                  3,454
                                                                                                                                                                      services
The CCC Information Services and Alight SPAC deals were the        7
                                                                   1    11-Feb-21    P         Hormel Foods Corporation        The Kraft Heinz Company (Nuts          Consumer         The Kraft Heinz           3,350
two TMT transactions to rank among the top 10 in the Midwest.                                                                  Business)                                               Company

I&C accounted for three of the 10 largest deals in the region,     8    26-Jan-21    P         Blackstone Group L.P.           Allstate Life Insurance Company        Financial        Allstate Corp             2,800
                                                                                                                                                                      services
as did financial services, with consumer and transportation
accounting for one top-10 deal apiece.                             9    18-Jan-21    C         T. Rowe Price Associates,       Rivian Automotive, LLC                 Industrials &                              2,650
                                                                                               Inc.; Fidelity Management &                                            chemicals
                                                                                               Research Company; Coatue
                                                                                               Management, L.L.C; D1 Capital
                                                                                               Partners L.P.; Amazon Climate
                                                                                               Pledge Fund

                                                                   10   22-Feb-21    P         The Goodyear Tire & Rubber      Cooper Tire & Rubber Company           Industrials &                              2,470
                                                                                               Company                                                                chemicals
                                                                        *C = Completed; P = Pending

                                                                                                                                                       Source: Mergermarket

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     19
Southern US
Hard-hit sectors showing
clear signs of life
The Southern US saw deal value increase year-on-year from 495      Looking past COVID-19                                                            Southern US M&A activity,
deals worth US$49.1bn in Q1 2020 to US$140.8bn from 479            TMT was the engine for the M&A recovery in the Southern US,                      2018-Q1 2021
transactions in Q1 2021.                                           recording deal value of US$56.7bn (up from just US$6.8bn in
                                                                   Q1 2020) to rank as the largest sector by value over the first
Deal value for Q1 2021 was also up on the US$134.7bn of deals      three months of the year. The next largest sector by value, PMB,                 600                                                                     200

from 553 transactions posted in Q4 2020, as the Southern           also saw a large year-on-year increase in Q1 deal value, with
M&A market showed sustained recovery from H1 2020, when            US$17.8bn worth of deals in Q1 2021, up from US$4.3bn over
                                                                                                                                                    500
COVID-19 disruption saw Q2 deal activity tumble to US$11.7bn       the same period last year.
on 271 deals, the lowest quarterly value and volume for the                                                                                                                                                                 150

region of the last three years.
                                                                     Despite COVID-19 travel restrictions and                                       400

                                                                     lockdowns, the leisure industry was the third

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Deal value US$(bn)
The region attracted the bulk of its M&A investment in Q1 2021

                                                                                                                                      Deal volume
from domestic bidders, who deployed US$117.2bn in deals in           largest by value in the Southern US, with deal                                 300                                                                     100
the region. The Republic of Ireland was the next largest inbound     value for Q1 2021 almost 15 times higher
bidder, with US$14bn of deals, followed by Switzerland in a
distant third with US$3.4bn.
                                                                     year-on-year at US$15.6bn.                                                     200

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            50
                                                                   In terms of the largest sectors by volume, TMT again led the way
                                                                   with 127 transactions, followed by business services with 79                     100

                                                                   and I&C with 71. TMT also accounted for more top-10 deals than
                                                                   any other sector with five, followed by leisure with two. PMB,
                                                                                                                                                      0                                                                      0
                                                                   EMU and consumer delivered one top-10 deal each.                                       Q1    Q2 Q3        Q4   Q1   Q2 Q3   Q4      Q1   Q2 Q3   Q4   Q1
                                                                                                                                                                 2018                   2019                 2020        2021

                                                                                                                                                               Deal volume        Deal value US$(bn)

                                                                                                                                                          Source: Mergermarket

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  21
Health and technology synergies                                   S-US top sectors by value I Q1 2021
The largest deal in the Southern US was a TMT transaction,
                                                                                                         US$(m)
which saw OptumInsight merge with Blackstone-backed
                                                                  TMT                                   56,685
Change Healthcare in a deal valued at more US$12bn.               Pharma, medical & biotech             17,816
Change Healthcare provides data analytics technology to the       Leisure                               15,647
healthcare industry that is used to manage clinical, financial,   Energy, mining & utilities            10,864
administrative, and patient care functions. OptumInsight          Industrials & chemicals                9,180
is a diversified healthcare services company owned by
the UnitedHealth Group. It views the addition of Change
                                                                    S-US top sectors by volume I Q1 2021
Healthcare as a way to streamline clinical and administrative
processes and lower patient costs.                                                                         Deal count
                                                                     TMT                                       127
The next largest deal in the region fell in the PMB sector.          Business services                          79
Irish-based clinical trials group ICON paid US$11.5bn for            Industrials & chemicals                    71
contract research organization PRA Health Sciences. This             Pharma, medical & biotech                  54
                                                                     Financial services                         48
deal contributed to the high placing for Ireland in the inbound
deal rankings. For ICON, the merger of the two groups will
build an entity with a wider geographic footprint, more           S-US top bidders by value I Q1 2021
therapeutic expertise, and broader service offering.
                                                                                                         US$(m)
                                                                  USA                               117,217
                                                                  Ireland (Republic)                 14,029
                                                                  Switzerland                         3,400
                                                                  Canada                              2,430
                                                                  United Kingdom                      1,360

                                                                    S-US top bidders by volume I Q1 2021
                                                                                                          Deal count
                                                                     USA                                       418
                                                                     Canada                                     13
                                                                     United Kingdom                             10
                                                                     Ireland (Republic)                          6
                                                                     Spain                                       4

                                                                                                                        22
Leisure time                                                         Southern US top 10 announced deals, Q1 2021
The leisure sector accounted for the third-largest Southern
US deal, as a consortium including Blackstone and Starwood
                                                                          Announced    Status*   Bidder company               Target company                Sector              Vendor company              Deal value
Capital Group acquired a 90.6% stake in Extended Stay in a                date                                                                                                                                (US$m)
US$8.9bn transaction.
                                                                      1   06-Jan-21    P         OptumInsight, Inc.           Change Healthcare Inc.        TMT                 Blackstone Group L.P.          12,550

The deal represents the third time that Blackstone has backed         2   24-Feb-21    P         ICON plc                     PRA Health Sciences, Inc.     Pharma, medical &                                  11,487
Extended Stay. It first took the hotel operator and franchisor                                                                                              biotech

private in 2004 before exiting in 2007, then backed the business      3   15-Mar-21    P         Blackstone - Starwood        Extended Stay Inc (90.6%      Leisure                                             8,873
                                                                                                 Capital Group Consortium     Stake)
for a second time in 2010 when it joined a consortium that
rescued Extended Stay from bankruptcy. It listed the business         4   22-Mar-21    P         Synnex Corporation           Tech Data Corporation         TMT                 Apollo Global Management,       7,241
                                                                                                                                                                                LLC
in 2013.
                                                                      5   27-Jan-21    P         Peraton Corporation          Perspecta Inc.                TMT                                                 6,969

Extended Stay’s portfolio of budget hotels has weathered the
pandemic disruption better than other hotel chains. Occupancy         6   17-Feb-21    P         Energy Transfer LP           Enable Midstream              Energy, mining &                                    6,804
                                                                                                                              Partners LP                   utilities
rates have held up at around 74%, thanks to demand for interim
                                                                      7   01-Feb-21    P         FAST Acquisition Corp.       Fertitta Entertainment Inc.   Leisure             Tilman Fertitta (Private        6,573
housing for essential workers.                                                                                                                                                  Investor)

                                                                      8   22-Feb-21    P         Northern Star Investment     Apex Clearing Corporation     TMT                                                 4,700
Looking ahead, the outlook for M&A in the Southern US is                                         Corp. II
positive. Mergermarket’s heat chart has tracked 1,222 ‘company        9   03-Mar-21    P         Apollo Global                The Michaels Companies,       Consumer            Bain Capital, LP.               4,420
for sale’ stories in the region, the third-highest figure recorded                               Management, LLC              Inc.

across the Americas, including an abundance of potential             10   12-Feb-21    P         Falcon Capital Acquisition   Sharecare, Inc.               TMT                 Galen Partners LLC;             3,900
                                                                                                 Corp.                                                                          New Evolution Ventures;
financial services opportunities.                                                                                                                                               Heritage Group, LLC;
                                                                                                                                                                                TomorrowVentures, LLC
                                                                          *C = Completed; P = Pending

                                                                                                                                                       Source: Mergermarket

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     23
Northeastern US
US dealmaking hub ready for
resurgent 2021
Deal activity in the Northeastern US sustained the momentum                                                                                                                         Gains across the board
built up through H2 2020 to post solid deal numbers in the first
                                                                                 Northeastern US M&A activity,                                                                      The financial services, TMT, and PMB sectors dominated
three months of the new year.
                                                                                 2018-Q1 2021                                                                                       activity through Q1 2021. Financial services was the
                                                                                                                                                                                    largest sector by value, with deals worth almost US$50bn
                                                                                 400                                                                     180                        in aggregate, more than double the nearly US$24bn for
  Although deal volumes edged lower year-                                                                                                                                           second-place TMT. PMB was the third-largest sector by
  on-year, from 384 deals in Q1 2020 to 345                                      350                                                                     160
                                                                                                                                                                                    value, with deals worth US$13bn. All three sectors saw
  transactions, deal value rose markedly from                                                                                                            140
                                                                                                                                                                                    strong gains in value when compared to figures posted
  US$72bn to US$126.5bn over the same                                            300                                                                                                in Q1 2020.

  period, putting it on a par with the strong                                                                                                            120
                                                                                                                                                                                    The outlook for the region is broadly positive, with the
                                                                                 250
  quarterly figures recorded in 2019.

                                                                                                                                                               Deal value US$(bn)
                                                                                                                                                                                    Mergermarket heat chart recording 1,412 ‘company for sale’

                                                                   Deal volume
                                                                                                                                                         100
                                                                                 200
                                                                                                                                                                                    stories in the Northeast, more than in any other region in the
The Northeastern deal market has shown a steady recovery                                                                                                 80                         Americas. Financial services (463 stories), TMT (293) and
since Q2 2020, when deal volume fell to 210, the lowest                                                                                                                             PMB (222) are all expected to generate prolific deal activity
                                                                                 150
quarterly total of the last three years, and deal value dropped                                                                                          60                         over the coming months.
to US$26.5bn, also the weakest return for the region since
                                                                                 100
2018. In Q3 2020, however, deal value rebounded to US$68.3bn                                                                                             40                         With respect to deal volume in Q1, the TMT sector delivered
and surged again to US$154.1bn in Q4 last year as cities and                                                                                                                        99 deals in the Northeast, followed by I&C with 48 deals and
                                                                                 50
deal markets in the region reopened and delayed transactions                                                                                             20                         business services with 44 transactions. Financial services
were rebooted.                                                                                                                                                                      and TMT each accounted for three of the region’s top-10
                                                                                  0                                                                       0
                                                                                       Q1    Q2 Q3        Q4   Q1   Q2 Q3   Q4      Q1   Q2 Q3   Q4   Q1                            deals in the quarter, with business services, EMU, consumer,
                                                                                              2018                   2019                 2020        2021                          and PMB delivering one top-10 deal each.
                                                                                            Deal volume        Deal value US$(bn)

                                                                                       Source: Mergermarket

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     25
NE-US top sectors by value I Q1 2021                 Ready for takeoff                                                The AerCap deal on its own, the largest in the Americas
                                       US$(m)
                                                     The largest deal in the region was in the financial services     in Q1 2021, meant that Ireland ranked as the second-
                                                     sector as Irish-based AerCap, the world’s largest aircraft       largest inbound bidder into the Northeast US in the
Financial services                49,867
                                                     leasing company, paid US$31bn for General Electric’s aircraft    quarter, some distance ahead of the next largest
TMT                               23,955
                                                     leasing division, GE Commercial Aviation Services. For GE,       overseas bidders. Canada recorded US$2.7bn of
Pharma, medical & biotech         12,994
                                                     the divestment of its aircraft leasing arm was part of a wider   inbound deals into the Northeast, followed by Sweden
Energy, mining & utilities         9,495             strategy to raise cash, pay down debt and scale back the         (US$2.3bn) and Israel (US$2.1bn).
Industrials & chemicals            8,474             conglomerate to focus on its strongest business lines.

  NE-US top sectors by volume I Q1 2021              For AerCap, the deal will bolster its fleet and put it in
                                                     a stronger position in negotiations with aerospace
                                        Deal count
                                                     manufacturers. Although the aviation market has been
   TMT                                          99
                                                     heavily impacted by COVID-19 travel restrictions, AerCap
   Industrials & chemicals                      48
                                                     sees the sector rebounding as vaccines are rolled out and air
   Business services                            44
   Financial services                           44   corridors reopen.
   Pharma, medical & biotech                    41

NE-US top bidders by value I Q1 2021
                                       US$(m)
USA                                83,105
Ireland (Republic)                 31,000
Canada                              2,774
Sweden                              2,303
Israel                              2,141

  NE-US top bidders by volume I Q1 2021
                                        Deal count
   USA                                      283
   United Kingdom                            13
   Canada                                    13
   Ireland (Republic)                         3
   Sweden                                     3

                                                                                                                                                                                26
Northeastern US top 10 announced deals, Q1 2021

     Announced    Status*   Bidder company               Target company               Sector             Vendor company                        Deal value
                                                                                                                                                            Sizing up the competition
     date                                                                                                                                        (US$m)     The second-largest deal in the region fell in the financial
                                                                                                                                                            services space, with M&T Corporation acquiring People’s
 1   10-Mar-21    P         AerCap Holdings N.V.         GE Capital Aviation          Financial          General Electric Company                 31,000
                                                         Services LLC                 services                                                              United Financial in a US$7.5bn transaction. The deal is one
 2   22-Feb-21    P         M&T Bank Corporation         People's United Financial,   Financial                                                    7,530    of a series involving regional banks, which have looked to
                                                         Inc.                         services                                                              consolidate and build scale in order to compete with the
 3   26-Mar-21    P         BowX Acquisition Corp.       WeWork Companies LLC         Business                                                     6,553    large US banks JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and
                                                                                      services
                                                                                                                                                            Citibank. The M&T deal for People’s United Financial will
 4   18-Mar-21    P         PPL Corporation              The Narragansett Electric    Energy, mining &   National Grid Plc                         5,166    form a new bank with assets of US$200bn and a customer
                                                         Company                      utilities
                                                                                                                                                            base stretching across the Northeast.
 5   16-Feb-21    P         Metropoulos & Co; One        Nestle Waters North          Consumer           Nestle S.A.                               4,300
                            Rock Capital Partners, LLC   America Inc.
                                                                                                                                                            The sale of flexible office space provider WeWork to BowX,
 6   12-Jan-21    P         STERIS plc                   Cantel Medical Corp.         Pharma, medical                                              4,185
                                                                                                                                                            a SPAC headed by Vivek Ranadivé, the founder of software
                                                                                      & biotech
                                                                                                                                                            company Tibco, was the third-largest deal in the Northeast
 7   03-Mar-21    P         TA Associates                Precisely Incorporated       TMT                Centerbridge Partners, L.P.               3,500
                            Management, LP.;                                                                                                                in Q1. The deal provides an exit for WeWork investor
                            Clearlake Capital Group,                                                                                                        SoftBank, which had made an initial attempt to list WeWork
                            L.P.
                                                                                                                                                            in 2019 that was called off, with investors concerned
 8   03-Feb-21    P         FTAC Olympus Acquisition     Payoneer, Inc.               TMT                Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd.;               3,118
                                                                                                                                                            about the company’s losses. After the deal with BowX,
                            Corp.                                                                        Technology Crossover Ventures;
                                                                                                         Viola Group; Susquehanna Growth                    WeWork will reverse into the SPAC and begin trading as
                                                                                                         Equity, LLP; CBC Capital; Crossbar
                                                                                                                                                            a public company.
                                                                                                         Capital Advisors ; Vintage Ventures
                                                                                                         Management Ltd; Nyca Partners

 9   25-Mar-21    P         Slate Asset Management       Annaly Commercial Real       Financial          Annaly Capital Management, Inc.           2,330
                            L.P.                         Estate Group                 services

10   12-Feb-21    P         Fusion Acquisition Corp.     MoneyLion, Inc.              TMT                                                          2,200

     *C = Completed; P = Pending

                                                                                                                                                             Source: Mergermarket

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      27
Brazil
Signs of broad rebound
undercut by virus relapse
Deal activity in Brazil bounced back strongly in Q1 2021,            Dialing back expectations                                                         Brazil activity, 2018-Q1 2021
with deal value rising more than four-fold from the same             The rebound in Brazil’s deal markets, however, could be
period in 2020.                                                      impacted by another wave of COVID-19, which has put immense
                                                                     pressure on its health service. Brazil has been hit hard by a
Over the first three months of this year, Brazil recorded 112 deal   resurgence of infections, with daily COVID-19 deaths surpassing                   140                                                                     30

announcements valued at US$21.7bn, up from 87 deals worth            the 4,000 threshold and hospital occupancy in the main urban
under US$5bn posted in Q1 2020. Momentum from Q4 2020,               centers of São Paulo and Rio de Janiero reaching 90%.                             120
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               25
which saw US$25.1bn worth of deals, carried into the start of
2021, which logged Brazil’s highest Q1 deal value total of the       BOVESPA, Brazil’s main stock market index, is showing gains of
                                                                                                                                                       100
last three years.                                                    just over 1% this year as of mid-April, versus double-digit rises
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               20
                                                                     on US and Canadian stock exchanges.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Deal value US$(bn)
Most of the activity was generated by domestic players.                                                                                                 80

                                                                                                                                         Deal volume
Brazilian bidders delivered US$14.8bn of the country’s deal
value. The next largest inbound investor, the US, trailed in a
                                                                       Hopes of a big rebound in Brazil’s economy,                                                                                                             15

distant second place with US$3.7bn, followed by the United             which showed growth of 3.2% in Q4 2020,                                          60

Arab Emirates at US$1.7bn.                                             according to Deloitte, have also been                                                                                                                   10

                                                                       dialed back as the rise in COVID-19 cases
                                                                                                                                                        40

                                                                       has undermined consumer and business                                                                                                                    5
                                                                                                                                                        20
                                                                       confidence. Only a very modest expansion
                                                                       is now anticipated in Q1 2021.
                                                                                                                                                         0                                                                      0
                                                                                                                                                             Q1    Q2 Q3        Q4   Q1   Q2 Q3   Q4      Q1   Q2 Q3   Q4   Q1
                                                                                                                                                                    2018                   2019                 2020        2021

                                                                                                                                                                  Deal volume        Deal value US$(bn)

                                                                                                                                                             Source: Mergermarket

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         29
Steps towards recovery                                            Brazil top sectors by value I Q1 2021
In terms of the most active industries in deal value and
                                                                                                          US$(m)
volume terms in Brazil in Q1, the financial services sector was
                                                                  Financial services                  10,496
the largest industry by value, with US$10.5bn of deals. This      Energy, mining & utilities           5,580
was almost double the US$5.6bn figure recorded for the EMU        Consumer                             2,092
industry, the next largest sector by value. The third-largest     TMT                                  1,357
sector by value was consumer, with deals worth in excess of       Pharma, medical & biotech              992
US$2bn in aggregate announced. All three sectors showed
significant gains on their equivalent Q1 deal value figures
                                                                    Brazil top sectors by volume I Q1 2021
from a year ago.
                                                                                                           Deal count
In the volume rankings, TMT led the way with 24 deals                TMT                                           24
announced in Q1, followed by PMB with 21 transactions                Pharma, medical & biotech                     21
and business services with 15. Volumes for all three sectors         Business services                             15
climbed year-on-year in Q1.                                          Energy, mining & utilities                    14
                                                                     Consumer                                      10
The 10 largest deals in Brazil came from a mix of sectors,
with two deals each from financial services, EMU, TMT, and        Brazil top bidders by value I Q1 2021
consumer. PMB and I&C accounted for one top-10 deal each.
                                                                                                          US$(m)
Such diversity indicates that dealmakers in the country are
                                                                  Brazil                              14,749
perhaps taking the first hopeful steps towards a broad-
                                                                  USA                                  3,675
based, sustainable recovery.                                      United Arab Emirates                 1,650
                                                                  Canada                                 536
                                                                  Israel                                 401

                                                                    Brazil top bidders by volume I Q1 2021
                                                                                                           Deal count
                                                                     Brazil                                        82
                                                                     USA                                           10
                                                                     Ireland (Republic)                             2
                                                                     United Arab Emirates                           2
                                                                     Canada                                         2
                                                                     France                                         2

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Future of energy                                                    Brazil top 10 announced deals, Q1 2021
The biggest deal in Brazil in Q1 2021 came in the financial
services sector, as Hapvida, the São Paulo-based insurer and
                                                                          Announced    Status*   Bidder company                          Target company             Sector           Vendor company                 Deal value
hospital operator, acquired rival group Notre Dame Intermedica,           date                                                                                                                                        (US$m)
in which US buyout firm Bain Capital holds a minority stake, in a
                                                                     1    01-Mar-21    P         Hapvida Participacoes e                 Notre Dame Intermedica     Financial        Bain Capital, LP.                 10,063
deal worth US$10bn. The combined entity will have 70 hospitals                                   Investimentos SA                        Participacoes S.A.         services
under its management, putting it ahead of Rede D’Or, Brazil’s        2    13-Jan-21    P         New Fortress Energy LLC                 Hygo Energy Transition     Energy, mining   Golar LNG Limited; Stonepeak       3,100
next biggest hospital group, which is backed by PE firm Carlyle.                                                                         Ltd.                       & utilities      Infrastructure Partners

                                                                     3    24-Mar-21    P         Mubadala Capital                        Landulpho Alves            Energy, mining   Petroleo Brasileiro SA             1,650
                                                                                                                                         Refinery                   & utilities
EMU accounted for the next two largest deals in Brazil. New
Fortress Energy acquired liquid natural gas shopping company         4    24-Mar-21    P         Atacadao S.A                            Grupo BIG Brasil SA        Consumer         Walmart Inc.; Advent               1,266
                                                                                                                                                                                     International Corporation
Hygo Energy Transition, a joint venture between Stonepeak
Infrastructure and Golar, in a US$3.1bn deal. For New Fortress       5    08-Feb-21    P         Raizen Energia S.A.                     Biosev S.A.                Consumer         Louis Dreyfus Company B.V.           670

Energy, the deal expands its presence in Latin America and gives
it access to Brazil’s sizeable energy market.                        6    23-Mar-21    C         Advent International Corporation;       Loft Brasil Tecnologia     TMT                                                   425
                                                                                                 Silver Lake Partners; GIC Private       Ltda.
                                                                                                 Limited; Soros Fund Management
                                                                                                 LLC; Canada Pension Plan Investment
In the third-largest deal in the country, Mudbadala Capital, the                                 Board; Vulcan, Inc.; and others
financial investment arm of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund,
carved out the Landulpho Alves Refinery from state-controlled        7    14-Mar-21    P         Diagnosticos da America SA              Hospital São Domingos      Pharma,                                               417
                                                                                                                                         Ltda; Neuro Imagens        medical &
oil company Petrobras in a transaction valued at US$1.7bn. The                                                                           Ltda; Clinica Solucao      biotech
                                                                                                                                         Medica Ltda.
deal is part of a wider divestment program by Petrobras to cut
debt and reduce exposure to fuel pricing volatility.                 8    24-Mar-21    P         Israel Chemicals Limited                Compass Minerals           Industrials &    Compass Minerals Group, Inc          401
                                                                                                                                         America do Sul Industria   chemicals
                                                                                                                                         e Comercio S.A.

                                                                     9    28-Jan-21    C         GIC Private Limited; Sequoia Capital;   Nubank                     Financial                                             400
                                                                                                 Tencent Holdings Ltd.; Invesco                                     services
                                                                                                 Ltd.; Ribbit Capital, L.P.; Dragoneer
                                                                                                 Investment Group, LLC; Whale Rock
                                                                                                 Capital Management LLC

                                                                     10   09-Mar-21    P         Totvs S.A.                              RD Gestao e Sistemas       TMT              TPG Capital LP; DGF                  325
                                                                                                                                         S.A. (92% Stake)                            Investimentos; Riverwood
                                                                                                                                                                                     Capital, LLC; Redpoint
                                                                                                                                                                                     e.ventures; Astella
                                                                                                                                                                                     Investimentos; Endeavor
                                                                                                                                                                                     Catalyst
                                                                          *C = Completed; P = Pending
                                                                                                                                                       Source: Mergermarket

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Latin America & the Caribbean   (excl. Brazil)
International dealmakers look past
pandemic mismanagement
The Latin American & Caribbean deal market continued                                                                                                                             Still in the thick of it
to build on momentum from Q4 2020 to post a strong
                                                                               Latin America & the Caribbean                                                                     Although deal value moved markedly higher, deal volumes in
performance through the first three months of the new year.
                                                                               (excl. Brazil) M&A activity, 2018-Q1 2021                                                         the region slid in Q1 2021 to 48 deals, versus 73 deals in Q4
                                                                                                                                                                                 2020 and 78 during the same period last year. Q1 2021 deal
Deal value for the region for Q1 2021 more than tripled to                     120                                                                     35                        volume figures are the second lowest for a quarter going
US$18bn from US$5.3bn in Q1 2020. This was still below the                                                                                                                       back to 2018, with only the pandemic-hit Q2 2020 deal
levels of deal value seen in the prolific Q1 2018 (US$31.8bn)                                                                                          30                        numbers (34) coming in lower.
                                                                               100
but marked a significant improvement on figures from Q2 and
Q3 2020, when aggregate deal value reached only US$537m                                                                                                                          Looking ahead to the rest of this year, the Latin America &
                                                                                                                                                       25
and US$5.7bn respectively.                                                                                                                                                       Caribbean market still faces an uncertain period, despite
                                                                               80
                                                                                                                                                                                 the rebound in deal activity levels seen over the first three

                                                                                                                                                            Deal value US$(bn)
The market did recover in the final quarter of 2020, when deal                                                                                         20                        months of 2021. Colombia, Argentina and Mexico are

                                                                 Deal volume
value totaled US$13.7bn, as a backlog of deals put on hold in                  60
                                                                                                                                                                                 all facing a new wave of COVID-19 infections, with fresh
the early phases of the pandemic came back into play.                                                                                                                            lockdowns coming into force in Argentina and Colombia.
                                                                                                                                                       15

                                                                                                                                                                                   According to figures from Statista, Latin
                                                                               40
                                                                                                                                                       10
                                                                                                                                                                                   America has now recorded more than 25m
                                                                               20
                                                                                                                                                       5                           COVID-19 diagnoses, while the World Bank
                                                                                                                                                                                   says Latin America has been the region
                                                                                0                                                                       0                          hardest hit economically by the pandemic.
                                                                                     Q1    Q2 Q3        Q4   Q1   Q2 Q3   Q4      Q1   Q2 Q3   Q4   Q1
                                                                                            2018                   2019                 2020        2021

                                                                                          Deal volume        Deal value US$(bn)

                                                                                     Source: Mergermarket

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LatAm top sectors by value I Q1 2021                  Outsized overseas attention                                   In terms of particular industries, financial services
                                                      Despite rising COVID-19 cases and an uncertain outlook        was the largest sector by deal value in the region,
                                        US$(m)
                                                      for M&A, the largest inbound investors into Latin America     with transactions to the value of just under US$12bn
Financial services                     11,967
Energy, mining & utilities              3,807         & the Caribbean were from abroad.                             in Q1 2021, up from US$2.7bn during the same period
Transportation                          1,287                                                                       last year.
TMT                                       620         The US was the biggest investor in the region in Q1 2021,
Leisure                                   248         with bidders from there responsible for US$12.8bn worth       EMU was the next biggest industry for deal value,
                                                      of deals in Q1 2021. Italy was the second-largest inbound     recording US$3.8bn worth of deals, up year-on-year
                                                      bidder, investing US$1.47bn. Third-place Chile was the only   from just US$1.3bn. EMU was also the largest sector
 LatAm top sectors by volume I Q1 2021
                                                      Latin American country to rank in the top-five for inbound    by deal volume, with 18 deals.
                                         Deal count   bidders, with deals to the value of US$1.44bn.
  Energy, mining & utilities                   18
  Consumer                                      6
  TMT                                           5
  Transportation                                5
  Financial services                            4

LatAm top bidders by value I Q1 2021
                                        US$(m)
USA                                    12,808
Italy                                   1,472
Chile                                   1,440
Spain                                     677
China                                     643

 LatAm top bidders by volume I Q1 2021
                                        Deal count
  USA                                            7
  Chile                                          7
  Mexico                                         5
  Canada                                         4
  Colombia                                       4

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Latin America & the Caribbean (excl. Brazil) top 10 announced deals, Q1 2021

     Announced   Status*   Bidder company                        Target company              Sector             Vendor company           Deal value
                                                                                                                                                      Eyes on renewable energy
     date                                                                                                                                  (US$m)     The strong performance of the financial services
                                                                                                                                                      sector in the region was driven by PE firm Apollo Global
 1   08-Mar-21   P         Apollo Global Management, LLC         Athene Holding Ltd          Financial                                      10,921
                                                                                             services                                                 Management’s US$11bn deal with life insurance company
 2   15-Mar-21   P         Enel S.p.A.                           Enel Americas SA (10%       Energy, mining &                                1,472    Athene Holding. Apollo created Bermuda-based Athene
                                                                 Stake)                      utilities                                                in 2009 to deploy client capital through the purchase of
 3   30-Mar-21   P         Alfa Desarrollo SpA                   Colbun Transmission SA      Energy, mining &   Colbun SA                    1,295    corporate debts and undervalued assets. The combination
                                                                                             utilities
                                                                                                                                                      of the two groups more than 10 years later will see the
 4   13-Jan-21   P         New Fortress Energy LLC               Golar LNG Partners LP       Transportation                                  1,287    formation of a financial conglomerate valued at close to
                                                                                                                                                      US$30bn.
 5   26-Mar-21   P         Banco Santander, S.A.                 Banco Santander Mexico,     Financial                                         647
                                                                 S.A. (8.36% Stake)          services
                                                                                                                                                      EMU accounted for the next two largest deals in the region.
 6   22-Feb-21   P         Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.    InfraCo SpA (60% Stake)     TMT                Telefonica Chile SA            600
                                                                                                                                                      Italian utility company Enel paid US$1.5bn to acquire a
                                                                                                                                                      10% stake in its Chilean subsidiary Enel Americas. The deal
 7   21-Jan-21   C         China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd.         Luz del Sur S A A (13.49%   Energy, mining &                                  561
                                                                 Stake)                      utilities                                                will see Enel Americas incorporate the South and Central
                                                                                                                                                      American renewable assets of Enel’s renewable energy
 8   08-Jan-21   P         Trustbridge Partners VII, L.P; Asia   Hive Box Holdings Limited   Financial                                         400
                           Forge (Cayman) Ltd.; SCC Growth       (11.57% Stake)              services                                                 business Enel Green Power. The inclusion of the green
                           VI 2020 F, L.P; Redview Capital
                           Investment VII Limited; All-Stars                                                                                          energy portfolio ups Enel Americas’ installed capacity from
                           PEIISP VI Limited; All-Stars PESP X                                                                                        5 GW to 16.3 GW.
                           Limited

 9   27-Jan-21   P         Huge Harvest International Limited    Spearhead Global Limited    Leisure            New Century Real               248    Chilean energy company Alfa Desarrollo, meanwhile,
                                                                                                                Estate Investment
                                                                                                                Trust                                 paid US$1.3bn for the transmission division of power
                                                                                                                                                      company Colbun. Colbun wanted to realize the value of its
10   12-Feb-21   P         Invercap SA                           CAP SA (6.77% Stake)        Energy, mining &   Mitsubishi Corporation         108
                                                                                                                                                      transmission assets and strengthen its position in areas like
                                                                                             utilities
     *C= Completed; P= Pending                                                                                                                        renewable energy.

                                                                                                                                                       Source: Mergermarket

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Produced in partnership with Mergermarket, an Acuris company
Editors (Acuris Studios): Julian Frazer, Yining Su

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