A total of 188 M&A deals (pending and completed) were announced in the Global Chemicals sector, in the last twelve months resulting in a total deal value of over $55,732.1 million. In the LTM period, July 2021 turned out to be the most prolific in terms of deal size, with a total deal value of $15,174.7 million, resulting in an average deal value of $758.7 million during that month. On the other hand, the month of December 2021 was the most prolific in terms of deal volume, recording a total of 24 deals, resulting in an average deal value of $71.2 million during that month.
Of the 188 deals, the deal secured between MKS Instruments Inc and Atotech Deutschland GmbH, was the largest M&A deal in the Global Chemicals sector, which was valued at $6,500.0 million and was completed on July 1, 2021. The second-largest deal was between Sika AG and Master Builders Solutions Deutschland GmbH, while the third-largest deal was between DuPont de Nemours Inc and Rogers Corp. The Sika AG-Master Builders Solutions Deutschland GmbH deal and the DuPont de Nemours Inc-Rogers Corp deal were valued at $6,003.2 million and $5,200.0 million, respectively. The fourth-largest deal was between PTTGC International (Netherlands) B.V.-Allnex Germany GmbH valued at $4,750.0 million, whereas the deal between Ecolab Inc-Purolite Corp valued at $3,700.0 million was the fifth-largest deal.
Cumulatively, the top five deals amounted to $26,153.2 million and accounted for nearly 46.93% of the total deals (by value) announced during the last twelve months. By region, Europe accounted for 47.39% of the total M&A deals done globally, and recorded a total deal value of $26,316.5 million, which accounted for 16.67% of the total deal size on a global scale.
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