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1. 
 
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2. 
300 40
35
250
Total deal value £bn
30
200
25
# Deals
150 20
15
100
10
50
5
0 -
2005 2006 2007
Deals per year Total value

  

3.  
Value of txns / quarter £bn
90 18
Number of txns / quarter
80 16
70 14
60 12
50 10
40 8
30 6
20 4
10 2
0 0
Q 5
Q 5
Q 5
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Q 6
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Q 6
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4
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4
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Number of txns Quarterly value
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  

4. 
16
14
EV / Revs Multiple
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
05
05
05
05
06
06
06
06
07
07
07
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2
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4
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  

5. 
90 3.00
80
2.50
Total deal value £bn
70
60 2.00
# Deals
50
1.50
40
30 1.00
20
0.50
10
0 -
2005 2006 2007
 Number of txns Annual value
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  

6.  
30 4.5
4.0
25
3.5
Total value £bn
Number of txns
20 3.0
2.5
15
2.0
10 1.5
1.0
5
0.5
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7.   
  

8. 
140 20
18
120
Median value £mn
16
Total value £bn
100 14
80 12
10
60 8
40 6
4
20
2
0 -
Advertising Content & Ecommerce Data Datacenters Software &
Community & ISP Services
 Median value Total value

  

9.  
Europe: 14%
UK
N. America: 31% 53%
Asia-Pac: 2%
 
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  

10. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

11. 
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
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
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
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12. 
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

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