The value of Merger & Acquisition (M&A) deals involving Indian companies increased marginally by 2.8 per cent at $5.2 billion during the first quarter of 2014 from a year earlier, however declined by 27.4 percent as compared to the previous quarter of current fiscal.
The deal count dropped by 29.5 percent to 232 in the reported quarter as compared to 329, which announced during the first quarter of 2013. However, completed M&A deals involving Indian companies recorded at $8.4 billion, which was 37 percent higher as against same quarter of previous year. The average M&A deal size for transactions with disclosed values involving India also increased to $56.3 million during the Jan-Mar 2014 against $34 million over the same period last year.
Further, the domestic M&A stood in the first quarter of 2014 stood at $2.7 billion, up 111.2 per cent compared to the first quarter of 2013. On sector wise, Energy & Power sector recorded 71.3 percent of India’s domestic M&A activity with $1.9 billion, an eleven-fold increase from the same period last year. However, the cross-border M&A fell 38.7 percent to $1.9 billion compared to the first quarter of 2013. The inbound M&A in India declined 49.4 percent, while outbound M&A increased 57.2 per cent over the same period last year.
Merger and acquisitions (M&A) have now become important features of corporate restructuring and plays an important role in the external growth of companies. M&A helps the firms to enhance competition, breaking of trade barriers, free flow of capital across countries and globalisation of businesses.
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