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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?
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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

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