According to cvsource investment data, the transaction activity and transaction scale of enterprise M & a market decreased significantly in January. Among them, 436 M & A transactions were disclosed in the plan, with a month on month decrease of 51.39% and a year-on-year decrease of 56.14%; Among them, 335 transactions were disclosed, with a total amount of US $13.937 billion, a month on month decrease of 67.12% and a year-on-year decrease of 57.86%. 258 M & A transactions were completed, with a month on month decrease of 32.81% and a year-on-year decrease of 50.95%; Among them, 225 transactions were disclosed, with a total amount of US $21.141 billion, a month on month decrease of 19.45% and a year-on-year increase of 56.83%.
The data also showed that a total of 16 private equity funds successfully withdrew in the form of M & A in January, with a return amount of about 4.971 billion yuan. Among them, on January 20, Jiangsu Eastern Shenghong Co.Ltd(000301) wholly-owned subsidiary Jiangsu Shenghong Petrochemical Industry Development Co., Ltd. acquired 13.2861% equity of Shenghong refining and chemical industry. Jiangsu Fuquan Shenghong refining and chemical debt to equity investment fund (limited partnership) of suhao holdings successfully withdrew, with a return amount of 3.509 billion yuan.
From the perspective of major cases, there were 2 M & A transactions with a scale of more than US $1 billion in January, and 33 M & A cases with a scale of more than US $100 million. The largest transaction scale was the acquisition of Ara asset, a real estate fund management company, by ESR Cayman limited headquartered in Hong Kong for us $5.192 billion, creating the largest real estate fund management company in the Asia Pacific region. The cases of large amount of mergers and acquisitions completed in China include, Tianjin Guangyu Development Co.Ltd(000537) acquiring 100.00% equity of Luneng new energy (Group) Co., Ltd. through asset replacement, with a transaction amount of US $1.839 billion; The wholly-owned subsidiary of Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co.Ltd(600887) Hong Kong Jingang trading Holding Co., Ltd. made an offer to acquire 30.89% equity of Aoyou Dairy Co., Ltd., with a transaction amount of US $685 million.
In terms of region and industry, the number of M & A cases completed in Guangdong Province ranked first in China in January, and the transaction scale in Beijing ranked first in China, mainly focusing on manufacturing, real estate, it, informatization and medical health.
