{"id":24,"date":"2024-01-29T17:27:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicmatrends.traverssmith.com\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2025-02-25T09:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:52:07","slug":"uk-public-ma-trends-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/publicmatrends.traverssmith.com\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Public M&amp;A Trends from 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"standFirst\">Welcome to our Public M&amp;A trends publication for the year 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With 2024 being the year of elections around the world, and valuation gaps remaining a challenge, you could be forgiven for thinking that potential buyers might hold fire on bids for UK public assets.&nbsp;Instead, owing in part to a rush of firm offers announced towards the end of Q4 2024, the total number of public bids announced in 2024 for Main Market or AIM-listed companies was 56, only one short of the total in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, approaches for UK-listed companies continued to be on the rise, with one in 20 listed companies receiving an offer in 2024: the highest level in recent years.&nbsp;There was a significant increase in aggregate deal value in 2024, which saw the return of larger transactions and the highest average deal value since COVID-19, and following a busy end to 2024 we see no reason why this trend should end, with continued interest from both strategic and PE bidders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travers Smith acted on a number of UK public bids made in 2024, and 2025 is already shaping up to be an active year for the corporate team.&nbsp;We are currently acting for the bid vehicle on the offer for <em>Alliance Pharma plc<\/em> and the possible offer for <em>Ground Rents Income Fund plc<\/em>, and <em>Assura plc <\/em>on its possible offer by KKR, and we have several other takeovers in the pipeline. We therefore continue to benefit from direct insight and market knowledge of UK public deals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for reading.&nbsp;We would be delighted to work with you on future transactions so please <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/publicmatrends.traverssmith.com\/2025\/your-travers-smith-contacts\/\">get in touch with us<\/a><\/strong> if you have any queries about this publication or would like to discuss a potential public takeover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected 2024 experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-372f11fa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"transactionTombstone is-layout-constrained animated fadeInUp\" style=\"border-top-color: var(--TS-Racing-Green);background-color: var(--TS-White)\">\n    \n    <div class=\"tombstoneLogo\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/publicmatrends.traverssmith.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lock-n-store-logo.png\" alt=\"Lock'n Store logo\">\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"tombstoneCaption animated fadeInUp\" style=\"color: var(--TS-Black)\"><p>Lok&#8217;n Store Group plc on its takeover by Shurgard Self Storage Ltd<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\t\t<style>.transactionTombstone, .tombstoneDate, .tombstoneCaption  {\n    --TS-Gold: #A38000;\n    --TS-Copper: #C35500;\n    --TS-Terracotta: #EE7442;\n    --TS-Turquoise: #82C7B3;\n    --TS-Apple: #A3C961;\n    --TS-Fossil: #F4F0D4;\n    --TS-Aubergine: #4E1649;\n    --TS-Racing-Green: #0F3F32;\n    --TS-Oxford-Blue: #001F49;\n    --TS-Prussian-Blue: #444541;\n    --TS-Black: #000000;\n    --TS-White: #FFFFFF;\n}\n\n.transactionTombstone {\n    border-top: solid 4px;\n    padding: 1rem;\n    width: calc(100% - 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style=\"color: var(--TS-White)\">2024: the return of big-ticket deals<\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"iconContainer\" style=\"right: 1rem\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icon\" src=\"https:\/\/publicmatrends.traverssmith.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/right-icon-White.svg\">\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n<\/a>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/publicmatrends.traverssmith.com\/2025\/2024-trends-and-highlights\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"linkBoxWrapper\">\n    \n    <div class=\"linkBox is-layout-constrained animated fadeInUp\" style=\"background-color: var(--TS-Racing-Green)\">\n        \n        <div class=\"linkAnimFill\" style=\"background-color: var(--TS-Turquoise)\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"linkText\" style=\"color: var(--TS-White)\">2024: trends and highlights<\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"iconContainer\" style=\"right: 1rem\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icon\" 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target=\"_self\" class=\"linkBoxWrapper\">\n    \n    <div class=\"linkBox is-layout-constrained animated fadeInUp\" style=\"background-color: var(--TS-Racing-Green)\">\n        \n        <div class=\"linkAnimFill\" style=\"background-color: var(--TS-Turquoise)\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"linkText\" style=\"color: var(--TS-White)\">A closer look: cash alternative offers<\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"iconContainer\" style=\"right: 1rem\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icon\" src=\"https:\/\/publicmatrends.traverssmith.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/right-icon-White.svg\">\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n<\/a>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/publicmatrends.traverssmith.com\/2025\/key-changes-to-the-takeover-code\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"linkBoxWrapper\">\n    \n    <div class=\"linkBox is-layout-constrained animated fadeInUp\" style=\"background-color: var(--TS-Racing-Green)\">\n        \n        <div class=\"linkAnimFill\" 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