Financial Deals Industry Tracker: Transport and Logistics June 2008 (analysis of monthly deal activity, along with the trend for the last six months for merger and acquisition (M&A), private equity, private placement, initial public offering (IPO), second

This report contains extensive qualitative and quantitative analysis of monthly deal activity (including strategic alliances) in the sea, road, rail, and air sectors across global markets, with a specific focus on key emerging markets. It offers insights into deal activity, deal rationale, and valuation trends.

Report Highlights
• European rail freight and transport infrastructure services sector attracted interests of strategic players as well as private investors. Companies operating in the marine transportation segment acquired assets to enhance their fleet capacity. Activity in the air transportation segment focused on chartered aviation and infrastructure services.
• The transport and logistics sector recorded 58 M&A deals in June 2008, a decrease of 7.8%, as compared with the trailing six month average. In value terms it recorded deals worth $12.6 billion, an increase of 49.1%. Over the same period, M&A activity in the emerging markets declined by 29.2% in volume terms and 73.4% in value terms.
• The month recorded 10 public offerings worth $3.3 billion, an increase of 172.7% in deal volume over the six month average. The aggregate deal value increased by 4.5 times over the six month average. Private placement deal activity increased by 68% in volume terms over the last six month average.
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1. Introduction
a. About Financial Deals
b. About this report

2. Mergers and acquisitions (including private equity deals)
a. Monthly roundup
b. Volume and value analysis by sector
c. Volume analysis by geography
i. Global regions (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of World)
ii. Emerging markets (BRIC, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa)
d. Value analysis by geography
i. Global regions (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of World)
ii. Emerging markets (BRIC, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa)
e. Trend analysis by deal size
f. Trend analysis by deal rationale and deal sub-category
g. Advisory ranking M&A (trailing six months) – financial and legal
h. Private equity firm ranking

3. Public offering
a. Monthly roundup
b. Volume and value analysis by geography
c. Trend analysis by deal size

4. Private placement
a. Monthly roundup
b. Volume and value analysis by geography
c. Trend analysis by deal size

5. Alliance / Partnership deals monthly roundup

6. Valuation trend: comparison across key sectors

7. Advisory ranking for all deals (trailing six months) – financial and legal

8. Appendix
a. Definition
b. Disclaimer
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