Financial Deals Industry Tracker: Technology and Telecom August 2008 – analysis of merger and acquisition (M&A), private equity, venture financing, private placement, initial public offering (IPO), secondary offering, and alliance / partnership deals

Financial Deals Industry Tracker: Technology and Telecom August 2008 – analysis of merger and acquisition (M&A), private equity, venture financing, private placement, initial public offering (IPO), secondary offering, and alliance / partnership deals

Synopsis

Analysis and opinion on monthly deal activity, along with the trend for the last six months for merger and acquisition (M&A), private equity, venture financing, private placement, IPO, secondary offering, and alliance/partnership deals

Introduction

This report contains extensive qualitative and quantitative analysis of monthly deal activity (including strategic alliances) in the software, hardware, IT services, and telecom sectors across global markets, with a specific focus on key emerging markets. It offers a unique insight into deal activity, deal rationale, valuation trends, and the market fundamentals driving various sub-sectors.

Scope

• Insights into deal activity across M&A, private equity, venture financing, private placement, IPO, secondary offering, and strategic alliance deals
• In-depth analysis on all key sectors, namely software, hardware, IT services, and telecom
• Geographical trends by primary regions and by key emerging markets
• Detailed analysis of the deal activity during the month, along with the trend for the last six months by deal volume and value

Highlights

• The technology sector recorded 283 M&A deals in August 2008, a decrease of 17.1%, as compared with the previous six-month (Feb 2008–Jul 2008) average. In value terms, it recorded deals worth $13.6bn representing a decrease of 55.8%. M&A activity in the emerging markets declined by 19.3% in volume terms, and 71.4% in value terms.
• Telecoms focused on acquisitions to consolidate their positions in the existing markets, while IT consulting and BPO services led the M&A activity in the IT services sector. Increased M&A activity was observed among the players offering software solutions to the healthcare industry.
• Venture capitalists invested more than $1bn in 151 companies, a decline of 25.9% in value terms against the last six-month average. Continuing uncertainty in growth outlook led to the decline in the capital raising activity of companies through primary markets.


Reason to Purchase

• Understand which technology sectors are experiencing the most activity, and which type of investor, and advisor are playing the significant roles
• Find out how key deals are changing the competitive landscape of your business in software, hardware, IT services, and telecom sectors
• Find out how companies in technology and telecom sectors are raising funds through capital markets, private equity, and private placement deals

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
a. About Financial Deals
b. About this report
2. Mergers and acquisitions (including private equity deals)
a. Monthly roundup
i. IT services
ii. Telecom
iii. Software
iv. Hardware
b. Volume and value analysis by sector
c. Volume analysis by geography
i. Global regions (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of World)
ii. Emerging markets (BRIC, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa)
d. Value analysis by geography
i. Global regions (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of World)
ii. Emerging markets (BRIC, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa)
e. Trend analysis by deal size
f. Trend analysis by deal rationale and deal sub-category
g. Advisory ranking M&A (trailing six months) – financial and legal
h. Private equity firm ranking
3. Venture financing
a. Monthly roundup
b. Volume and value analysis by sector
c. Volume and value analysis by geography
d. Trend analysis by deal size
e. Venture finance firm ranking (trailing six months)
4. Public offering
a. Monthly roundup
b. Volume and value analysis by sector
c. Volume and value analysis by geography
d. Trend analysis by deal size
5. Private placement
a. Monthly roundup
b. Volume and value analysis by sector
c. Volume and value analysis by geography
d. Trend analysis by deal size
6. Alliance / Partnership deals monthly roundup
7. Valuation trend: comparison across key sectors
8. Advisory ranking for all deals (trailing six months) – financial and legal
9. Appendix
a. Definition
b. Disclaimer