A total of 547 M&A deals (pending and completed) were announced in the Global Retail & Wholesale sector, in the last twelve months resulting in a total deal value of over $137,693.6 million. In the LTM period, September 2021 turned out to be the most prolific in terms of deal size, with a total deal value of $20,843.0 million, resulting in an average deal value of $595.5 million during that month. On the other hand, the month of June 2021 was the most prolific in terms of deal volume, recording a total of 71 deals, resulting in an average deal value of $292.5 million during that month.
Of the 1,094 deals, the deal secured between APA Group and AusNet Services Ltd, was the largest M&A deal in the Global Retail & Wholesale sector, which was valued at $11,080.9 million and was completed on September 20, 2021. The second-largest deal was between Franchise Group Inc and Kohl's Corp, while the third-largest deal was between Icahn Enterprises LP and Southwest Gas Holding Inc.. The Franchise Group Inc-Kohl's Corp deal and the Icahn Enterprises LP-Southwest Gas Holding Inc. deal were valued at $8,971.0 million and $7,705.0 million, respectively. The fourth-largest deal was between British Columbia Investment Management Corp; Macquarie Asset Management Holding Pty Ltd-National Grid Gas Plc valued at $5,534.4 million, whereas the deal between Central Group Co Ltd; SIGNA Holding GmbH-Selfridges & Co valued at $5,322.0 million was the fifth-largest deal.
Cumulatively, the top five deals amounted to $38,613.3 million and accounted for nearly 28.04% of the total deals (by value) announced during the last twelve months. By region, North America accounted for 42.78% of the total M&A deals done globally, and recorded a total deal value of $57,898.6 million, which accounted for 23.45% of the total deal size on a global scale.
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