Total technology industry M&A deals in Q4 2020 worth $60bn were announced in the UK, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked an increase of 21.5% over the previous quarter and a rise of 222.7% when compared with the last four-quarter average of $18.59bn.

The UK held a 24.7% share of the global technology industry M&A deal value that totalled $243.37bn in Q4 2020.

In terms of deal activity, the UK recorded 159 deals during Q4 2020, marking a rise of 32.5% over the previous quarter and a rise of 33.6% over the last four-quarter average.

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The UK technology industry M&A deals in Q4 2020: Top deals

The top five technology industry M&A deals accounted for 97.2% of the overall value during Q4 2020.

The combined value of the top five technology M&A deals stood at $58.31bn, against the overall value of $60bn recorded for the quarter.

The top five technology industry deals of Q4 2020 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) S&P Global’s $44bn acquisition of IHS Markit

2) The $11.69bn asset transaction with CK Hutchison Holdings by Cellnex Telecom

3) Take-Two Interactive Software’s $999.12m acquisition of The Codemasters SoftwareLtd

4) The $888.08m acquisition of GoCo Group by Future

5) Cisco Systems Holdings UK’s acquisition of IMImobile for $729.23m.

Verdict deals analysis methodology

This analysis considers only announced and completed deals from the GlobalData financial deals database and excludes all terminated and rumoured deals. Country and industry are defined according to the headquarters and dominant industry of the target firm. The term ‘acquisition’ refers to both completed deals and those in the bidding stage.

GlobalData tracks real-time data concerning all merger and acquisition, private equity/venture capital and asset transaction activity around the world from thousands of company websites and other reliable sources.

More in-depth reports and analysis on all reported deals are available for subscribers to GlobalData’s deals database.