A total of 85 M&A deals (pending and completed) were announced in the Global Technology, Media and Telecom sector driven by Cybersecurity, in the last twelve months resulting in a total deal value of over $70,465.5 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 $80.0 million, resulting in an average deal value of $4,448.9 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 10 deals being made, with average deal value of $386.9 million during that month.
Of the 85 deals, the deal secured between Block Inc and Afterpay Ltd, was the largest M&A deal in the Global Technology, Media and Telecom sector driven by Cybersecurity, which was valued at $29,000.0 million and was completed on August 1, 2021. The second-largest deal was between Nitro Bidco Limited; NortonLifeLock Inc and Avast Plc, while the third-largest deal was between Kaseya Ltd and Datto, Inc.. The Nitro Bidco Limited; NortonLifeLock Inc-Avast Plc deal and the Kaseya Ltd-Datto, Inc. deal were valued at $9,062.0 million and $6,200.0 million, respectively. The fourth-largest deal was between Google LLC-Mandiant Inc valued at $5,400.0 million, whereas the deal between Altice UK Sarl-BT Group Plc valued at $3,111.6 million was the fifth-largest deal.
Cumulatively, the top five deals amounted to $52,773.57 million and accounted for nearly 74.89% of the total deals (by value) announced during the last twelve months. By region, Asia-Pacific accounted for 42.60% of the total M&A deals done globally, and recorded a total deal value of $30,019.7 million, which accounted for 23.81% of the total deal size on a global scale.
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