Public M&A deals 2023—UK—Market Standards Trend Report [Archived]

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Public M&A deals 2023—UK—Market Standards Trend Report [Archived]

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis

Published by a LexisNexis Corporate expert

Practice notes
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ARCHIVED: This content was published in 2024 and is not maintained.

The Market Standards Trend Report provides in-depth analysis of the 56 firm offers, 39 possible offers and 11 announcements of formal sale processes and/or strategic reviews, which were announced by Main Market and AIM companies subject to the Takeover Code (the Code) in 2023. It includes insight into public M&A trends and what Market Standards, Lexis+® UK Practical Guidance and our contributors expect to see in 2024 and beyond.

What does the Market Standards trend report cover?

Topics covered include:

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    outlook for 2024

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    deal value and deal volume

  3. •

    deal structure

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    unrecommended, competing and mandatory offers

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    public to private (P2P) transactions

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    bidder jurisdiction

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    industry

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    offer timetables

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    bid financing

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    shareholder engagement

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    legal and regulatory developments

The report includes analysis of high profile transactions, including the £4.5bn offer for Dechra Pharmaceuticals by EQT, the £2.2bn offer for Network International Holdings by Brookfield and the competing offers for Kin and Carta by Apax Partners and BC Partners.

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