M&A Update Technology Sector Q3 2022

M&A market developments and valuation environment in the second quarter

While global M&A activity, driven by rising inflation and the ongoing geopolitical conflicts, declines, the market in Europe remains fairly stable

Macroeconomically, we continue to face an absolutely exceptional situation - at 10%, inflation in Germany in September is expected to be the highest since 1951, the war in Ukraine is still ongoing, and the global supply chains of key hardware components are still disrupted by the late effects of the handling of the pandemic. Despite all of this, M&A activity in the European TMT sector is relatively stable. The number of transactions decreased slightly from 775 in Q2 to 745 in Q3 2022. As the main driver we see the need for the participants to secure market shares in the face of global competition. Our report analyses the current valuation development and addresses the following topics:

Development of European M&A activity as well as background information on selected transactions

Development of the current valuation level in Europe

Development of various sub-segments in the Tech stock market

Additionally, we present one of our recent TMT deals from New York City: the sale of Sling Inc, a leading digital workforce scheduling, communication and management solution, to Toast Inc, a cloud-based all-in-one platform for the hospitality industry.

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