A total of 62 Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) deals (pending and completed) were announced in the Technology, Media and Telecom of the Asia-Pacific region, driven by ECommerce, in the last twelve months resulting in a total deal value of over $38,782.5 million. In the LTM period, August 2021 turned out to be the most prolific in terms of deal size, with a total deal value of $29,287.1 million, resulting in an average deal value of $4,183.9 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 9 deals, resulting in an average deal value of $356.9 million during that month.
Of the 62 deals, the deal secured between Block Inc and Afterpay Ltd, was the largest M&A deal in the Asia-Pacific Technology, Media and Telecom sector driven by ECommerce, which was valued at $29,000.0 million and was completed on August 1, 2021. The second-largest deal was between Dye & Durham Corporation and Link Administration Holdings Ltd, while the third-largest deal was between Costco Wholesale Corp and Costco-Taiwan. The Dye & Durham Corporation-Link Administration Holdings Ltd deal and the Costco Wholesale Corp-Costco-Taiwan deal were valued at $2,829.3 million and $1,050.0 million, respectively. The fourth-largest deal was between Alphabet Inc-Bharti Airtel Ltd valued at $700.0 million, whereas the deal between Zomato Ltd-Blinkit valued at $568.8 million was the fifth-largest deal.
Cumulatively, the top five deals amounted to $34,148.0 million and accounted for nearly 88.05% of the total deals (by value) announced during the last twelve months. The Asia-Pacific region accounted for 49.21% of the total M&A deals done globally, and accounted for 32.80% of the total deal size on a global scale.
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