PRINT THIS PAGE Canadian M&A activity in the 12 month period to July 200201/10/2002. Source: Dealogic.
The 12 months to July 2002 saw a considerable slowdown in M&A activity in Canada. Trends for the region tend to follow those shown on a global scale with telecommunications, the media and technology suffering the most. This survey from Dealogic examines the year for the Canadian M&A market and highlights the areas that are continuing to drive the market at this difficult time.
Transaction values were down 30 per cent on the previous year but the number of bids announced rose 12 per cent, a favourable increase given the global decline of nine per cent. Sectors that have seen an increase in the last 12 months have been utilities and healthcare, although one or two large deals may well have skewed the figures. Indeed, the acquisition by US-based Duke Energy of Westcoast Energy in September 2001 was valued at $8.4bn and accounts for almost the entire sector value for the year.
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