A total of 2,121 Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) deals (pending and completed) were announced in the North America region, in the last twelve months resulting in a total deal value of over $1,250,730.9 million. In the LTM period, May 2022 turned out to be the most prolific in terms of deal size, with a total deal value of $164,544.7 million, resulting in an average deal value of $1,150.7 million during that month. On the other hand, the month of November 2021 was the most prolific in terms of deal volume, recording a total of 213 deals, resulting in an average deal value of $425.4 million during that month.
Of the 2,121 deals, the deal secured between Broadcom Inc and VMware Inc, was the largest M&A deal in the North America region, which was valued at $69,000.0 million and was completed on May 26, 2022. The second-largest deal was between Microsoft Corp and Activision Blizzard Inc, while the third-largest deal was between Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd and Kansas City Southern. The Microsoft Corp-Activision Blizzard Inc deal and the Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd-Kansas City Southern deal were valued at $68,700.0 million and $31,000.0 million, respectively. The fourth-largest deal was between Oracle Corp-Cerner Corp valued at $29,600.0 million, whereas the deal between Prologis Inc-Duke Realty Corp valued at $26,000.0 million was the fifth-largest deal.
Cumulatively, the top five deals amounted to $224,300.0 million and accounted for nearly 17.93% of the total deals (by value) announced during the last twelve months. The North America region accounted for 51.08% of the total M&A deals done globally, and accounted for 27.71% of the total deal size on a global scale.
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