Press Release - Mergermarket

Africa & Middle East M&A Overview
Deal activity in Africa and the Middle East in 2011 had a total value of US$ 38.5bn, a decrease of 28.9%
compared to 2010 (US$ 54.2bn), and the lowest value since 2009 (US$ 32.4bn).
After a strong first quarter in 2011 (US$ 15.6bn), the region saw a downward trend in deal activity
through the rest of the year. The last quarter saw a total of US$ 6.9bn-worth of deals announced,
down by 46.5% compared to Q4 2010 (US$ 12.8bn), and 27.7% compared to Q3 2011 (US$ 9.5bn). It
was the lowest Q4 M&A total in the region since Q4 2004 (US$ 4.6bn).
Goldman Sachs topped the financial advisory league table by deal value in 2011, moving up two
positions from its 2010 ranking.
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Africa & Middle East M&A Activity - Quarterly
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Sector Value ($bn) market share Deal count Value ($bn) market share Deal count Value (%) Deal count
Energy, Mining & Utilities 11.1 28.9% 46 9.5 17.5% 47 17.5% -1
Industrials & Chemicals 7.0 18.1% 51 2.6 4.7% 45 173.2% 6
Consumer 5.6 14.5% 52 4.1 7.6% 32 35.4% 20
Financial Services 3.9 10.2% 38 6.7 12.5% 41 -41.6% -3
Real Estate 3.8 10.0% 7 4.9 9.0% 15 -21.5% -8
Technology 2.5 6.4% 26 1.6 2.9% 35 57.2% -9
Pharma, Medical & Biotech 1.5 3.8% 19 0.6 1.1% 16 143.4% 3
Business Services 1.3 3.3% 26 3.8 7.0% 27 -66.5% -1
Telecommunications 0.76 2.0% 9 14.0 25.8% 11 -94.6% -2
Transport 0.42 1.08% 9 1.05 1.9% 7 -60.3% 2
Construction 0.3 0.9% 15 1.8 3.3% 19 -81.2% -4
Leisure 0.2 0.5% 10 3.3 6.1% 11 -93.6% -1
Defence 0.1 0.2% 3 0.1 0.2% 4 -48.9% -1
Agriculture 0.0 0.1% 5 0.2 0.3% 5 -80.7% 0
Media 0.0 0.0% 1 0.0 0.1% 2 -72.7% -1
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