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Canada witnessed a surge in M&A activity in Q4 2020, with total deal value of USD 35.6bn (CAD 44.98bn) on 189 deals - a 4.4x jump in deal value compared to 3Q20 (USD 6.6bn, 149 deals). Despite that increase, total deal value (USD 58.6bn) for all of 2020 reached only 52.7% of total deal value in 2019 (USD 110.6bn). Deal count (576 deals) was also down 14.7% compared to 2019 (675 deals).
Top Q4 deals
Announced Date | Target | Bidder | Seller | Deal Value USD(m) |
25-Oct-2020 | Husky Energy (Energy, Mining and Utilities) | Cenovus Energy (Canada) | 7,640 | |
19-Nov-2020 | Norbord (Construction) | West Fraser Timber (Canada) | 3,392 | |
19-Nov-2020 | Verafin (Technology) | Nasdaq (USA) | Spectrum Equity Management; BDC Capital; Northleaf Capital Partners; Teralys Capital; Information Venture Partners (Canada) | 2,750 |
10-Nov-2020 | Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (Leisure) | Apollo Global Management (USA) | 2,488 | |
16-Nov-2020 | Teranga Gold Corporation (Energy, Mining and Utilities) | Endeavour Mining Corporation (UK) | 2,152 |
by Melody Ren in Chicago
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