Table 4. Deal-specific characteristics... | Emerald Publishing

Table 4.

Deal-specific characteristics of sample data between 2007 and 2019

Characteristics	Criteria	No.	%
Value of deal (£)	Less than 10 m 10m to 100 m 100m to 500 m More than 500 m	60 102 28 10	30 51 14 5
Market capitalization (£)	Less than 100 m 100m to 500 m 500m to 1000 m More than 1000 m	27 68 31 74	14 34 16 37
Relative deal size	Less than 10 10 to 30 More than 30	136 48 16	68 24 8
Deal form	Acquisitions Merger Buyback Exchange offer	133 63 3 1	67 30 2 1
Method of payment	Cash Stock Mix of both	173 8 19	87 4 9
Target location	Domestic Cross-border	111 89	56 44
Domestic payment method	Cash Stock Mix of both	93 6 12	84 11 5
Cross-border payment method	Cash Stock Mix of both	80 2 7	90 2 8

Characteristics	Criteria	No.	%
Value of deal (£)	Less than 10 m10m to 100 m100m to 500 mMore than 500 m	601022810	3051145
Market capitalization (£)	Less than 100 m100m to 500 m500m to 1000 mMore than 1000 m	27683174	14341637
Relative deal size	Less than 1010 to 30More than 30	1364816	68248
Deal form	AcquisitionsMergerBuybackExchange offer	1336331	673021
Method of payment	CashStockMix of both	173819	8749
Target location	DomesticCross-border	11189	5644
Domestic payment method	CashStockMix of both	93612	84115
Cross-border payment method	CashStockMix of both	8027	9028

Source:

Authors’ compilation (2023)