Total consumer industry M&A deals worth $1.4bn were announced in Europe in June 2022, led by Balchem’s $322.39m acquisition of Kappa Bioscience, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 92.3% over the previous month of $18.52bn and a drop of 70.2% when compared with the last 12-month average of $4.79bn.

Europe held a 13.75% share of the global consumer industry M&A deal value that totalled $10.4bn in June 2022. With a 7.15% share and deals worth $743.99m, Norway was the top country in Europe’s M&A deal value across consumer industry.

In terms of M&A deal activity, Europe recorded 46 deals during June 2022, marking an increase of 17.95% over the previous month and a drop of 8.00% over the 12-month average. The UK recorded 13 deals during the month.

Europe consumer industry M&A deals in June 2022: Top deals

The top five consumer industry M&A deals accounted for 68% of the overall value during June 2022.

The combined value of the top five consumer deals stood at $971.16m, against the overall value of $1.4bn recorded for the month.

The top five consumer industry M&A deals of June 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Balchem $322.39m acquisition deal with Kappa Bioscience

2) The $313.62m acquisition of BetCity Network by Entain

3) Arcelik $233m acquisition deal with Indesit International and Whirlpool

4) The $84.32m acquisition of Globus Wine by Anora Group

5) Agilit Holding $17.83m acquisition deal with RightBridge Ventures