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A Perspective on Deals in 2014 26th Annual Tulane Corporate Law Institute Goldman, Sachs & Co. March 2014 This presentation has been prepared by the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs and is not a product of Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research. It should not be used as a basis for trading in the securities or loans of any companies named herein or for any other investment decision. This presentation does not constitute an offer to sell the securities or loans of any companies named herein or a solicitation of proxies or votes and should not be construed as consisting of investment advice. This presentation has been prepared and is based on information obtained by us from publicly available sources. In preparing this presentation, we have applied certain assumptions, have performed no due diligence, and have relied upon and assumed, without assuming any responsibility for independent verification, the accuracy and completeness of all financial, legal, regulatory, tax, accounting and other information provided to, discussed with or reviewed by us. We assume no liability for any such information. This presentation is necessarily based on economic, monetary, market and other conditions as in effect on, and the information made available to us as of, the dates indicated herein and we assume no responsibility for updating or revising this presentation. Goldman Sachs does not provide accounting, tax, or legal advice. 2 Agenda I. The Backdrop II. Is the Market Getting Better? III. Okay, But We’ve Seen This Before… IV. Why? What Has Changed? V. Is the Recovery Durable? 3 The Backdrop Global M&A Volume ($bn) Global M&A Volumes Have Not Grown Since the Financial Crisis… CAGR (2009-2013) = 4.8% $1,999 2009 $2,432 2010 $2,519 CAGR (2010-2013) $2,549 = (0.3)% $2,409 2011 2012 2013 Source: Thomson Reuters 5 … And M&A Remains Low as a Proportion of Global Equity Market Cap 8.5% 7.9% 7.4% 6.5% 6.2% Average = 6.1% 6.0% 5.6% 5.5% 5.5% 5.2% 4.9% 5.4% 4.3% 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 4.6% “Lost” M&A $908bn 2014 * Source: Thomson Reuters, Factset * 2014 volume is annualized as of 20 March 2014. Excludes Charter’s bid for Time Warner Cable and Numericable’s bid for SFR. 6 U.S. M&A Has Been the Biggest Contributor to Volume and Growth… 2009-2013 CAGR Announced M&A Volume ($bn) $2 432 $1 999 $2 519 $2 549 $805 $770 $751 $2 409 $726 3.7% $846 $641 0.9% $964 $933 $1 042 8.4% 2011 2012 2013 $929 $626 $618 $716 $754 $787 2009 2010 US M&A Volume EMEA Rest of World Source: Thomson Reuters 7 … Driven By a Faster Recovery of U.S. GDP and Strong Fixed Investment… % Change in GDP (YoY) 4,0 % 2,5 % 2,0 % 2,0 % 2,8 % 3,2 % 2,8 % 1,9 % 1,8 % 1,7 % 1,8 % 1,6 % 0,1 % 0,0 % (0,3)% (2,0)% (4,0)% (2,8)% (4,2)% (6,0)% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015E % Change in Fixed Investment (YoY) 10,0 % 8,3 % 6,2 % 5,0 % 1,5 % 0,1 % 7,9 % 6,4 % 4,3 % 2,7 % 1,6 % 2,9 % 0,0 % (5,0)% (2,7)% (2,3)% (10,0)% (15,0)% (20,0)% (12,5)% (16,7)% 2009 2010 2011 2012 USA 2013 2014 2015E Europe Source: GS Research; Region Aggregate Nominal GDP (PPP) Weighted 8 European Corporates Still Rely Heavily on Bank Funding 100 % 90 % 80 % 70 % 60 % 50 % 40 % 30 % 20 % 10 % 0% France Portugal Germany Bond-Market Funding Italy Greece Spain US Bank Loans 9 … And European Banks Are Still in Recovery Mode 180% S&P 500 Banks Index 79.1% Stoxx Europe 600 Banks 160% Indexed Price 140% 120% 100% (2.5)% 80% 60% 40% ноя-2009 ноя-2010 ноя-2011 дек-2012 Daily from 02-Nov-2009 to 24-Mar-2014 дек-2013 Source: Bloomberg 10 Cross-Border M&A Has Been a Remarkably Stable Contributor to M&A Activity Cross-Border M&A by Industry – 2009-2014 YTD Strategic Cross-Border M&A Healthcare 9% 35% $765 31% 33% 33% $686 16% Natural Resources 32% Financial Institutions 10% $638 Consumer Retail 13% 28% 25% 40% 34% 36% 36% $404 Cross-Border M&A by Industry – 2013-2014 YTD 84% 47% 60% 64% inancial F Institutions 9% 66% 64% 53% 2009 Technology, Media & Industrial Telecom 14% 17% $551 % of Total M&A Announced M&A Volume ($bn) $693 Real Estate 5% Real Estate 8% Healthcare 12% 2010 Cross-Region 2011 2012 Intra-Region 2013 2014* Consumer Retail 12% Technology, Media & Telecom 22% Natural Resources 21% Industrial 15% % of Total M&A Source: Thomson Reuters. 2014 YTD as of 20 March 2014. Total volume excludes Charter’s bid for Time Warner Cable and Numericable’s bid for SFR. Analysis is for deals >$250 million. * 2014 volume is annualized as of run rate on 20 March 2014. 11 Applied Materials’ Merger With Tokyo Electron September 24, 2013 Applied Materials Other 11% Japan 1% Tokyo Electron Japan 1% Other 9% $70 $20 US 88% S U 90% Japan 54% $20,17 US 22% US 27% $21 Japan 55% Other 19% Other 23% $58,99 $60 $19 +13% +9% $18 $50 $17 $16 $15 сен-2013 дек-2013 мар-2014 $40 сен-2013 дек-2013 мар-2014 Source: Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters 12 M&A Mix by Industry TMT and Natural Resources Are Going Through Significant Structural Changes 2009-2012 2013-2014 YTD Healthcare 9% Real Estate 9% Healthcare 9% Natural Resources 29% Technology, Media & Telecom 26% Industrial 10% Consumer Retail 10% Industrial 11% Financial Institutions 9% Financial Institutions 16% Technology, Media & Telecom 16% Consumer Retail 12% Natural Resources 20% Real Estate 15% Source: Thomson Reuters. 2014 YTD as of 20 March 2014. Volume excludes Charter’s bid for Time Warner Cable and Numericable’s bid for SFR. 13 While Broad Financial Sponsor Activity is Growing, “Pure” LBO Activity Remains at 5% of Volume Financial Sponsors Activity (ex IPOs) 36% 43% 44% 49% 16% 12% 15% $231 22% 17% $170 44% 42% 14% 35% 48% 34% 42% 2009 2010 7% 2011 2012 2013 $134 6% 55% $140 6% $138 6% 5% 68% 79% 2% $45 $38 28% 43% 25% 66% 47% 34% Sponsor as Seller 2014 YTD Secondary Sponsor Sales Sponsor as Buyer % of Total M&A 57% % of Total M&A 20% 23% 25% $176 26% % of Total M&A Announced M&A Volume ($bn) $491 24% $606 Announced M&A Volume ($bn) $604 $576 LBO Activity 45% 64% 32% 21% 2009 36% 2010 2011 Public Company Target 2012 Other 2013 2014 YTD % of Total M&A Source: Thomson Reuters. 2014 YTD as of 20 March 2014. Total volume excludes Charter’s bid for Time Warner Cable and Numericable’s bid for SFR. 14 Divestitures and Spin-Offs Are Almost Half of M&A Activity, Largely Driven by Activist Pressure… Annual Divestiture Activity Recent Significant Divestitures / Spin-offs 46% Divestiture Volume ($bn) $1,045 43% $1,063 44% $967 $913 $683 36% 35% Divestitures as % of Total M&A $1,177 34% 2009 2010 2011 Divestitures 2012 2013 2014* % of Total M&A Source: Thomson Reuters. 2014 YTD as of 20 March 2014. Total volume excludes Charter’s bid for Time Warner Cable and Numericable’s bid for SFR. * 2014 volume is annualized as of run rate on 20 March 2014. 15 … Which Has Intensified as Their Funding Has Grown $93.1 $65.5 $50.9 AUM ($billion) $46.8 $36.2 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Source: HFR Global Hedge Fund Industry Report 16 Activism May Be the New Form of Hostile M&A 600% 173 500% Indexed Value 400% 300% 200% $335 100% $128 0% 26 -100% 2009 2010 2011 Global Hostile Volume ($bn) 2012 2013 2014 Annualized Activism Situations (#) Source: Thomson Reuters, Factset. 2014 is annualized based on totals as of 20 March 2014. 17 … Although Deal Jump Activity Has Been Active Bidders Year Target Initial Topping Jurisdiction Industry Amt ($bn) Winning Bidder 2014 Time Warner Cable Charter Communications Comcast Corp US Media $70.7 Pending 2012 Sprint Nextel Softbank DISH Network US Telecom 37.8 Initial 2013 Dell Silver Lake, Management Blackstone / Carl Icahn US Technology 22.9 Initial 2014 SFR (Vivendi) Bouygues Telecom Numericable Gp Europe Telecom 18.1 Pending 2012 Clearwire Sprint Nextel DISH Network US Telecom 9.9 Initial 2013 Tele2 Russia Holding VTB A1 Investment / Investor Group Europe Telecom 4.2 Initial Commonwealth Ppty Office Fund GPT DEXUS Ppty, CPPIB Australia Real Estate 3.5 Topping 2013 Rede Energia COPEL, Energisa Energisa Latin America Nat Res 2.0 Initial 2014 Amcol International Imerys Minerals Technologies US Nat Res 1.7 Topping Sinochem BC-10 Petroleo Ltda Latin America Nat Res 1.5 Topping US Retail 1.5 Pac-Man Successful 2013 2013 Block BC-10, Parque das Conchas 2013 The Men’s Wearhouse Jos A Bank Clothiers Total N/A $173.8 Source: Thomson Reuters 18 Is the Market Getting Better? M&A Volumes Have Improved over the Last Three Quarters… $847 $711 $671 Global M&A Volume ($bn) $647 $566 $490 Q1 12 Q2 12 Q3 12 Q4 12 $502 $525 Q1 13 Q2 13 $684* $599 Q3 13 Q4 13 Q1 14 * Estimated quarterly total for Q1 2014 based on volumes as of 20 March 2014. Source: Thomson Reuters. Global volume excludes Charter’s bid for Time Warner Cable and Numericable’s bid for SFR. 2014 YTD as of 20 March 2014. 20 …With 2014 M&A Volumes Outpacing the Same Period In the Prior Two Years… $641 Global M&A Volume ($bn) $599 $457 $429 2009 YTD $420 2010 YTD 2011 YTD 2012 YTD $439 2013 YTD 2014 YTD Source: Thomson Reuters. 2014 as of March 20, 2014. Excludes Charter’s bid for Time Warner Cable and Numericable’s bid for SFR. 21 Significant Year on Year Gains 2013-2014 Global U.S. Only YTD YTD ($ in billions) Total M&A Volume *,** 2014 2013 % change y-o-y ($ in billions) Total M&A Volume * 2014 $223 Strategic Cross-Border 74 19 Divestitures & Spinoffs 75 81 101 Hostile M&A 69 28 148 (41) LBO 30 60 (50) $458 Strategic Cross-Border 223 107 108 Divestitures & Spinoffs ** 218 201 8 Hostile M&A 73 36 LBO 43 73 36 % 2014 2013 % change y-o-y 208 155 $1bn *,** 111 $5bn *,** $10bn *,** $500mm 32 % 280 (8) YTD YTD *,** % change y-o-y $295 $623 Number of Deals over: 2013 Number of Deals over: * 2014 2013 % change y-o-y 83 67 24 % $1bn * 47 38 24 129 $5bn * 6 6 0 100 $10bn * 4 4 0 34 % $500mm 82 35 16 7 8 4 Source: Thomson Reuters, as of March 25. * 2014 YTD volume excludes Charter’s bid for Time Warner Cable ($62.6 billion) ** 2014 YTD volume excludes Numericable’s bid for SFR ($16.3 billion) 22 A Shift from Tactical M&A to Strategic M&A… 2013 Financing / "Clean-Up" Transaction Acquiror Target Size ($bn) Technology, Media & Telecom Consumer / Retail Healthcare 2014 Strategic Transaction Acquiror Target Size ($bn) Time Warner $19.3 Comcast $70.7 Cable Investor Group Dell Verizon Communications Verizon Wireless Comcast NBC Universal Investor Group HJ Heinz Investor Group Neiman Marcus Thermo Fisher Scientific Valeant Pharmaceuticals Life Technologies Bausch + Lomb 11.6 McKesson Celesio Fiat Chrysler $4.4 AMEC Foster Wheeler Koch Industries Molex 130.3 Facebook WhatsApp 19.5 14.7 $27.3 Suntory 6.0 AB Acquisitions $15.4 Actavis plc Beam Safeway Forest Labs $15.7 9.2 $23.3 7.0 $2.8 Industrials 6.7 Verso Paper NewPage 4.3 Source: Thomson Reuters 23 … Which is A Marked Shift in Tone 5% % of $ Volume of $1bn+ Deals 17% 8% 3% 2% 1% 1% 27% 2% 5% 13% 9% 23% 6% 2% 8% 11% 5% 2% 10% 29% 2% 3% 2% 5% 10% 2% 39% 24% 74% 52% 54% 59% 42% 2009 2010 Corporate / Corporate Public to Private 2011 2012 Divestiture - Corporate Buyer Spinoff 42% 2013 2014 Divestiture - LBO Buyer Other Source: Thomson Reuters. U.S. targeted deals >$1 billion. Other includes negotiated share repurchases and rescues. Analysis for 2014 as of 20 March 2014. 24 Corporate Leaders are More Confident… 65 60 55 Above 50 = Positive 50 Below 50 = Negative 45 40 Q3 2012 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013 Q4 2013 CEO Confidence Source: Factset 25 …The Impact of Share Buybacks is Less Pronounced… 6.0% S&P 500 Trailing 12-month Yield 5.0% 4.0% 3.0% 2.8% Buyback Yield 2.2% 2.0% 1.0% 0% 1992 Dividend Yield 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 Note: Buyback yield is defined as shares repurchased divided by shares outstanding at the beginning of the period. Source: GS Research 26 As Interest Rates Rise, Companies Are Accelerating M&A Projects $250 14% $200 12% 10% $150 8% $100 6% 4% US Announced M&A Volume ($bn) 10 Year US Treasury Rate (Constant Maturity) 16% $50 2% 0% янв-1983 $0 янв-1987 янв-1991 янв-1995 10Y US Treasury Rate янв-1999 янв-2003 янв-2007 янв-2011 US M&A Volume ($bn 3mo Moving Avg.) Source: Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters 27 Okay, But We’ve Seen This Before… … How Is the Market Different Today? There Has Been A Demonstrable Shift Toward Shareholder Support of M&A… One-Day Indexed Stock Price Reaction for Buyers 5,2 % 3,6 % Indexed Stock Price Reaction 3,1 % 1,8 % 0,3 % (1,3)% 0,3 % (1,9)% One-Week Indexed Stock Price Reaction for Buyers Indexed Stock Price Reaction 3,6 % 4,7 % 4,1 % 2,0 % 0,0 % (0,1)% (1,7)% 2008 (1,7)% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 1H 2013 2H 2014 YTD Note: Stock Price reaction relative to the S&P 500. Deals with transaction value greater than $1,000mm with a US public acquiror. Source: Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Capital IQ 29 …Which Started to Accelerate in Q3 2013… Proportion of Deals with Positive Acquiror One Day Stock Price Reactions Proportion of Deals with Positive One Day Stock Price Reactions 75,0 % 73,3 % 69,6 % 54,2 % 50,0 % Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013 Q4 2013 2014 YTD Source: Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Capital IQ. Deals with transaction value greater than $1,000mm with a US public acquiror. 30 …Driven by Investor Sentiment Regarding EPS Impact… Dilutive Transactions1 2009-2010 2013-2014 YTD Accretive Transactions2 2009-2010 Acquiror Stock Price Reaction One Day Post-Announcement 6,0 % 2013-2014 YTD 5,4 % 4,0 % 2,0 % 0,7 % 0,2 % 0,0 % (2,0)% (4,0)% (3,9)% (6,0)% Source: Thomson Reuters, Company disclosure. Deals with transaction value greater than $1,000mm with a US public acquiror. ¹ Includes deals announced as dilutive or accretive in years after FY1. ² Deals that are announced as immediately accretive or accretive in FY1. 31 …And Clear Evidence That Investors Believe in the Value of EPS Accretion Again… 2009-2010 2013-2014 YTD 15% 30% 25% R² = 0.1015 10% R² = 0.428 20% 5% 0% (40)% (20)% 0% (5)% 20% FY2 Accretion FY2 Accretion 15% 10% 5% 0% (40)% (20)% 0% 20% 40% (10)% (5)% (15)% Acquiror One Day Post Announcement Share Price Reaction (10)% Acquiror One Day Post Announcement Share Price Reaction Source: Thomson Reuters, IBES, Company’s disclosures. Deals with transaction value greater than $1,000mm with a US public acquiror. Notes: (1) FY2 accretion represents FY2 expected accretion disclosed by the acquiror when available, or is otherwise FY2 EPS IBES estimate immediately post close (or 6 months post announcement when close has not yet occurred) relative to FY2 EPS IBES estimate immediately pre-announcement. 32 … Strong Projected Earnings Are Driving Stock Prices Higher… Key Drivers Scientific Game Corp / WMS Industries 108.3% 5,5% Salix Pharmaceuticals / Santarus Actavis / Warner Chilcott Strong strategic rationale, significant revenue synergies 31,1% 15,0% Operational synergies and tax benefits totally more than $400mm (~30% of target’s EBITDA) 30,0% 1,3% 23,2% Packaging Corp / Boise Strong consolidation rationale and significant synergies (~35% of target’s EBITDA) 10,8% 20,0% Advance Auto Parts Strategic rationale and significant synergies (~70% of target’s EBITDA) 16,6% 20,0% Devon / GeoSouthern Use of leverage to finance growth, market focus on execution of forward growth plans 5,0% 0,0% FY2 Accretion Significant cost and tax synergies (96% of target’s EBITDA) 17,5% 35,0% 100.0% 52,5% 120.0% 70,0% Acquiror Stock Price Reaction at Announcement Notes: (1) FY2 accretion represents FY2 expected accretion disclosed by the acquiror when available, or is otherwise FY2 EPS IBES estimate immediately post close (or 6 months post announcement when close has not yet occurred) relative to FY2 EPS IBES estimate immediately pre-announcement. (2) Stock price reaction one day post announcement is relative to the undisturbed date. Source: Thomson Reuters, Capital IQ 33 … With Significant Underlying “Synergies” Announced Synergies as a % of Combined EBITDA 122.0% RF Micro Devices Inc / TriQuint Semiconductor Inc 21,0% 63.0% Actavis plc / Forest Laboratories 5,0% Minerals Technologies / AMCOL International 20,2% 0,6% 108.3% Martin Marietta Materials / Texas Industries 3,9% 13,8% Entegris Inc / ATMI Inc 11,2% Signet Jewelers Ltd / Zale Corp 13,7% Brookdale SeniorLiving Inc / Emeritus Corp 13,1% 18,1% 1,5% Kite Realty Group Trust / Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust Comcast Corp / Time Warner Cable Inc 12,7% 3,4% 6,5% (4,4)% (10,0)% Synergies as % of Combined EBITDA 5,0% 20,0% 35,0% 50,0% 100.0% 65,0% 150.0% 80,0% Acquiror Stock Price Reaction At Announcement Source: Bloomberg, company filings 34 … Illustrated by Signet’s Acquisition of Zale… February 19, 2014 $100 $99,04 +25% $95 Closing Price (USD) +18% $90 $85 41% premium Investors expect deal to be dilutive due to the high premium Announces synergies of $100mm, representing 143% of the target’s EBITDA $80 $75 18-фев-2014 25-фев-2014 4-мар-2014 Source: Bloomberg, company filings 35 However, Reaction Has Varied by Sector… 10.0% 9.3% 7.6% 8.0% 6.5% 6.4% 6.3% Acquiror Stock Price Reaction 6.0% 4.0% 7.3% 5.4% 5.6% 5.1% 3.9% 3.0% 3.0% 2.7% 2.0% 2.0% 1.1% 0.5% 2.4% 0.7% One Day (2.0)% One Week One Month (1.5)% (1.6)% (2.3)% (4.0)% Consumer Retail Industrials Healthcare TMT Real Estate Energy and Power Financials Note: Includes deals from 2013 and 2014 YTD with a transaction value of $1,000mm or greater and a US public acquiror. Source: Capital IQ, Thomson Reuters 36 And Investors Can Still Be Cautious Energy XXI’s Acquisition of EPL Oil & Gas March 12, 2014 $23,6 $23,2 Energy XXI announces the acquisition of EPL Oil & Gas for $2.2 bn Transaction was announced as additive to EPS Investors were expecting share repurchases Acquiror Closing Price (USD) $22,8 $22,42 $22,4 $22,0 $21,5 -7% $21,1 10-мар-2014 12-мар-2014 14-мар-2014 16-мар-2014 Source: Bloomberg, company filings 37 Why? What Has Changed? … Positive Investor Sentiment Has Been the Missing Piece There Are Fewer Opportunities to Invest in the Public Markets… 4,450 4,401 # of Domestic Companies Listed on NYSE and Nasdaq 4,400 4,350 4,300 4,279 4,250 4,200 4,180 4,171 4,150 4,102 4,100 4,050 4,000 3,950 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Source: World Federation of Exchanges 39 … And There Are Record Inflows Into Equity Mutual Funds… $ 500 $ 462 $ 405 $ 400 Net New Flows ($ bn) $ 300 $ 200 $ 100 $ 44 $0 $(40) $(100) $(149) $(200) 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Source: Strategic Insight Simfunds 40 … Which Is Helping the US and European IPO Markets… European IPOs Year to Date 45 16 27 8 6 4 $8.6 25 $6.8 30 20 $3.5 10 2 0 0 2012 YTD 2013 YTD Deal Value ($bn) 2014 YTD # of Deals US IPOs by Industry (2013-2014 YTD) $ Vol ($bn) 40 12 10 50 # of IPOs $ Vol ($bn) 14 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 $13.7 30 50 40 30 19 15 20 $3.1 # of IPOs US IPOs Year to Date 10 $0.7 0 2012 YTD 2013 YTD Deal Value ($bn) 2014 YTD # of Deals European IPOs by Industry (2013-2014 YTD) CRG, 4 % CRG, TMT, 7 % 14 % TMT, RE, 11 % 8% RE, 13 % NR, 14 % IND, 5 % FIG, 48 % HC, 10 % NR, 11% FIG, 32 % IND, 23 % HC, 0 % Source: Dealogic and Thomson Reuters; YTD as of March 19. Industry mix based on dollar volume. 41 Investors Are Turning to “Active” Funds Again… Flows to Passive Funds ($bn) $ 350.0 $ 250.0 $ 288.7 $ 225.2 $ 157.6 $ 168.1 $ 155.2 $ 150.0 $ 46.5 $ 50.0 $(50.0) 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 YTD $(150.0) $(250.0) $(350.0) Flows to Active Funds ($bn) $ 350.0 $ 250.0 $ 180.0 $ 173.6 $ 150.0 $(0.1) $ 50.0 $(50.0) $(150.0) $(250.0) $(111.1) $(197.8) $(350.0) 2009 $(316.9) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 YTD Source: Strategic Insight Simfunds, 2014 YTD as of Feb-14 42 … And “Active” Fund Managers Need to Create Alpha and Generate Superior Returns Cumulative Average Returns to Passive Funds (%) 30,0% 28,5% 25,0% 18,5% 20,0% 13,3% 15,0% 12,3% 10,0% 5,0% 1,4% (4,9)% 0,0% (5,0)% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 YTD Cumulative Average Returns to Active Funds (%) 30,0% 26,8% 25,0% 20,0% 15,3% 12,3% 15,0% 10,0% 11,5% (1,5)% 5,0% 1,6% 0,0% (5,0)% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 YTD Note: Returns are net of fees Source: Strategic Insight Simfunds 43 Which is Driving Some Investors Into Deal Stocks to Create Alpha… Multiple to Acquiror Pre-Announcement 3 Month ADTV 6,4x 5,4x 5,7x 3,5x 2010 2011 At Announcement 2013 2014 YTD Source: Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg, Deals with transaction value of $2,000mm or greater, with a US public acquiror. 44 … And Some Targets To Trade Through Offer Prices... Acquiror One Week Gross Arbitrage Spread AMCOL International / Minerals Technologies 8.4% Sirius XM / Liberty Media 5.8% Celesio AG / McKesson Corp 3.2% ArthroCare Corp / Smith & Nephew 2.6% CEC Entertainment / Apollo Global Management 0.3% Santarus / Salix Pharmaceuticals 0.3% Zale / Signet Jewelers 0.2% 0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% Acquiror One Week Gross Arbitrage Spread Source: Thomson Reuters, Capital IQ 45 … Until Investors Read the Filings Smith & Nephew’s Acquisition of Arthrocare 3.0 % 6-Mar-2013: Arthro files a merger proxy Arthro shares trade as high as 2.5% above offer price as investors expect competing bid(s) SEC filings indicate that the company ran a full process with 8 other potential acquirors Stock price closes at offer price of $48.25 as competing bid appears unlikely Gross Spread 2.0 % 1.0 % 0.0 % 31-Jan 3-Feb 6-Feb 9-Feb 12-Feb 15-Feb 18-Feb 21-Feb 24-Feb 27-Feb 2-Mar 5-Mar Source: Bloomberg, company filings 46 Is the Recovery Durable? Investors Are Strongly Encouraging Companies to Invest and Grow to Fill the Growth Gap 70% 66% 60% Cumulative Growth Since 30-Sep-2011 50% 46% 40% PE Multiple Expansion 30% 20% 14% 10% 0% (10)% Sep-11 Feb-12 S&P 500 Increase Jun-12 Oct-12 Feb-13 FY1 PE Increase Jun-13 Oct-13 Mar-14 Earnings Increase Source: Bloomberg 48 What if M&A Activity Approached Historic Levels of Relative Volumes? +38% Announced M&A Volume ($bn) +27% +11% $3,315 $655 $253 $2 407 2013 Global M&A Additional M&A Volume if US Additional M&A Volume if Asia & Returns to 10-year Average of Europe Return to 10-year Market Cap Average Proportion to US Volume 2013 + "Return to Normal" Source: Thomson Reuters and FactSet 49 But… There Are Plenty of Headwinds Shuanghui Intl / Smithfield Foods Glencore Intl / Xstrata Silver Lake / Dell Shareholders CITIC / AsiaInfo-Linkage Regulators McKesson / Celesio Boise / PCA Government AT&T / T-Mobile Shanghui Intl / Smithfield Foods United Parcel Service / TNT Express Coca-Cola / China Huiyuan Juice Deutsche Borse / NYSE Euronext BHP Billiton / Potash Corp Anheuser-Busch InBev / Grupo Modelo BAE Systems / EADS AMR Corp / US Airways 50 The Long Term View of M&A Market is Volatile… But Upward Trending 4,500 4,000 Global M&A Volume ($bn) 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 Source: Thomson Reuters 51