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European M&A activity: expected main seller drivers 2013-2017

What do you believe will be the greatest sell-side drivers of M&A activity in Europe over the next 12 months?

The data illustrates the distribution of industry experts opinions regarding the main drivers of the M&A seller side in Europe from 2013 to 2017. Capital raising for expansion was consistently given as the main underlying motivator for M&A sellers, by 69% of respondents in 2013 and 51% in 2017.

Capital raising for expansion (in faster growing areas)	69	67	75	37	51
Distress-driven M&A	68	59	57	65	39
Non-core assets sales (large companies)	58	56	63	49	45
A pick-up in divestments valuations	48	53	27	1	29
Private equity divestments	44	47	40	14	24
Weakness of the euro against other currencies			30	33	12

European M&A activity: expected main seller drivers 2013-2017

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