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BENELUX HEAT CHART BY SECTOR
Industrials & Chemicals
33 21% 29 19% 28 18% 26 17%
Business Services
TMT
Consumer
The second biggest deal involved Northern Data AG, a leading infrastructure supplier for HPC applications and Bitcoin mining, which agreed to purchase Decentric Europe BV from blockchain technology company Block.one and will, as a result, acquire all of Decentric’s GPU hardware business, for a total consideration of approximately USD 428m. Finally, the third biggest deal in the Benelux involved Sun European Partners, which acquired Sports & Leisure Group (SLG), an artificial turf business headquartered in Belgium, with Chequers Capital exiting the business for a consideration of USD 355m.
Pharma, Medical & Biotech
11
7%
Energy, Mining & Utilities
10 6% 9 6% 8 5%
Leisure
Financial Services
Real Estate
2
1%
TOTAL
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LOOKING AHEAD
BENELUX MIDMARKET VOLUMES BY SECTOR
The Benelux BDO Heat Chart indicates that there are currently 156 deals planned or in progress in the region. Most of the transactions in the pipeline relate to Industrials & Chemicals (with 33 deals), followed by Business Services (29 deals), TMT (28 deals) and the Consumer sector (26 deals).
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LUC AUGUSTIJN PARTNER
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