KBS Corporate Brochure

CURRENT MARKET

£1.3 TN UK PLCs are sitting on over £1.3 trillion in cash reserves

13,428 Over 13,000 transactions involving UK targets have completed in the last 2 years

1 ST The UK is the primary M&A target in Europe and third in the world 1 IN 3 More than a third of UK deals last year involved an overseas acquirer

£520 BN UK companies have

commanded over £520bn in deal values in the last 2 years

£135 BN In recent years, UK companies received over £135bn in Private Equity investment

Sources: Zephyr / Refinitiv

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