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Strong Start To 2001 In The US M&A Market, Says Webmergers

Strong Start To 2001 In The US M&A Market, Says Webmergers

New data from Webmergers reports that 726 Internet companies were acquired in the first half of 2001, in deals worth a total of $6 billion. 56% of the deals in Q1 and Q2 involved acquisitions of infrastructure companies, such as those providing networking products and ebusiness software. A further 30% involved Internet destinations such as websites and ASPs.

Internet M&A Deals and Dollars, First Half 2001
  Deals  Dollars 
Q1 2001 109 $17.4
Q2 2001 127 $11.6
Total 726 $29.0

Internet M&A by Month – First Half, 2001

Month  Total Deals  Spending ($ Billion) 
January 109 $3.9
February 127 $8.5
March 154 $5.1
April 127 $2.6
May 111 $2.9
June 98 $6.0

8% of deals involved services companies and 6% involved access companies and Webmergers predicts busier M&A activity in the second half of the year in the financial services sector and the health/medical sector.

M&A Spending by Sector – First Half, 2001

Sector  First-Half Spending ($ billion)  % of Total 
 
Access $1.7 6%
Infrastructure $16.3 56%
Destinations $8.6 30%
Services $2.4 8%

Internet Deals and Dollars by Sector and Quarter

  Q1 2001  Q2 2001 
Access Sector  ÂÂ ÂÂ
Dollars $0.9 $0.8
Deals 21 13
Infrastructure Sector  ÂÂ ÂÂ
Dollars $13.2 $3.1
Deals 136 119
Destinations Sector  ÂÂ ÂÂ
Dollars $2.5 $6.1
Deals 189 170
Services Sector  ÂÂ ÂÂ
Dollars $0.9 $1.5
Deals 41 37

Source: Webmergers

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