March Monthly Deals Roundup - Consumer Packaged Goods

Synopsis

The report provides a review of the M&A, capital-raising, partnering deals and agreements entered into by CPG companies during March 2012.

Summary

Why was the report written?
Using this report, dealmakers will effectively gain an insight into the deal activity during the month. Additionally the report provides an overview of all the partnering, alliances and M&A deals announced worldwide.

What makes this report unique and essential to read?
The Monthly Report provides the reader with the top-line data necessary to quickly keep abreast of the deal activity in the CPG market on a monthly basis.

Scope

The report provides detailed analysis on the mergers and acquisitions (M&As) activity in the CPG industry in March 2012 compared to February 2012, and the trailing twelve month average. This provides an insight into the inorganic growth strategies of companies in the industry and competitor tracking.

The report provides detailed analysis on the private equity and venture capital activity in the CPG industry in March 2012 compared to February 2012, and the trailing twelve month average. This provides an insight into the investment activity in the industry by financial investors.

The report provides detailed analysis on capital raising activity, including equity and debt offerings, in the CPG industry in March 2012 compared to February 2012, and the trailing twelve month average. This provides an insight into the capital raising activity of companies in the industry including the fund raising trend from both equity and debt capital markets.

The report provides detailed analysis on strategic partnerships in the CPG industry in March 2012 compared to February 2012, and the trailing twelve month average.

Reasons To Buy

The report gives a snapshot of the deal activity trends in the CPG industry in March 2012. The report is a mixture of graphs, charts, tables and text in an effort to give the reader the maximum possible information in the most efficient and visually appealing manner.

The report provides an overview of the deal activity across various deal types in the month of March 2012 in terms of deal type, segment and region. The report provides data on deal activity across various segments in the CPG industry in the month of March 2012, in terms of deal size.

The report gives an insight into the rationale for deal making during March 2012. The report also details the main deals reported in March 2012.

Key Highlights

CPG deal volume recorded an overall decline in March over February 2012, but it almost doubled in value terms suggesting larger instances of high-value deals. This increase was primarily due to large billion dollar deals in the Food segment.]

Geographic analysis of CPG deals reveals that Europe reported a significant increase in overall deal value in March compared to February 2012. The majority of deals in Europe had an objective of business expansion or fund raising]

In March, debt offerings activity registered a significant monthly increase in terms of volume as well as value, driven by a number of multi-billion debt offerings.