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Second Quarter 2012 Report

Executive Summary
Overview USD29.1bn of investments and acquisitions tracked in Q2 2012, up 1% from USD28.6b in Q2 2011 1007 deals tracked from public sources in Q2 2012, up from 454 deals in Q2 2011 All sectors and regions have experienced growth in the number of deals Average deal value for investments has significantly fallen to USD12m in Q2 2012, down from USD30.8m in Q2 2011 Average deal value for acquisitions has fallen slightly to USD336.5m in Q2 2012, down from USD340.7 in Q2 2011

Deals by region Asia/Pacific leads all regions with an average deal value of USD65m. South America comes second at USD64m. This compareswith North America at USD42m. North America still accounted for the vast bulk of deals tracked, recording $18.3b of deals out of $29.1b for all regions Average deal values have fallen in most regions. In 2011, the average deal size North America was $73.8m, while in 2012, it fell to $37.2m. This means more companies are involved in investment and M&A activity but at lower values 79% increase in deal numbers across Asia/Pacific after 142% in North America and 100% in Europe Average deal value for investments in Asia/Pacific leads all regions at USD17.6m, compared with USD12m in North America and USD9m in Europe

Deals by sector Total deal value for Hardware & Infrastructure businesses has increased three times to USD8.5bn in Q2 2012, from USD $2bn in Q2 2011. This compares with a thirteen-fold increase in the number of Hardware & Infrastructure deals Total deal value for Mobile & Apps businesses has increased to USD1.9bn in Q2 2012, from USD538m in Q2 2011. This compares two-fold increase in the number of Mobile & Apps deals Average deal value for investments has fallen in all sectors except Marketing and Media businesses Average deal value for investments in Games businesses has significantly fallen to USD4.5m in Q2 2012, down from USD56.2m in Q2 2011 Average deal value of acquisitions in the Transactions sector has grown seven-fold

Key statistics

Description Number of deals Total deal value Average deal value Total investment value Total acquisition value

Q2 2011 454 $28,628,170,169 $96,716,791 $7,164,933,239 $21,463,236,930

Q2 2012 1,007 $29,052,613,700 $43,819,930 $7,180,513,700 $21,872,100,000

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Deal value growth by sector Q2 2011 - Q2 2012 400% 300% 200% 100% 0% -100% -61% Games -41% Marketing -30% Software & Services -15% Transactions -9% Ecommerce Media Mobile & Apps Hardware & Infrastructure 50% 255% 326%

Deal value growth by region Q2 2011 - Q2 2012 2000% 1500% 1000% 500% 0% -500% -43% Europe Asia/Pacic North America Middle East South America 19% 20% 738% 1559%

Deal number growth by sector Q2 2011 - Q2 2012 1400% 1200% 1000% 800% 600% 400% 200% 0% 1300%

9% Marketing

41% Games

55% Ecommerce

104% Media

132% Transactions

157%

200%

Software & Mobile & Apps Hardware & Services Infrastructure

Deal number growth by region Q2 2011 - Q2 2012 150% 100% 100% 47% 50% 79% 141%

50%

0% Middle East South America Asia/Pacic Europe North America

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Average deal value by sector Q2 2011 - Q2 2012 Millions $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $0 Transactions Media Mobile & Apps Marketing Q2 2011 Games Ecommerce Software & Services Hardware & Infrastructure 32 11 24 18 18 21 56 31 117 36 69 38 165 48 123 400

Q2 2012

Average deal value by region Q2 2011 - Q2 2012 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 $0 North America Middle East Europe South America Asia/Pacic 74 37 11 54 62 19 63 102 65 207

Millions

Average deal value growth by region and deal type Q2 2011 - Q2 2012 300% 200% 100% 0% -100% -200% Europe North America Investments -25% -35% -55% -83% Asia/Pacic Acquisitions Middle East 30% 259% 181% 137%

Average deal value growth by sector and deal type Q2 2011 - Q2 2012 600% 400% 200% 0% -200% -28% Marketing -28% -26% Software & Services -12% -92% Games Investments -23% Media Mobile & Apps -98% Hardware & Infrastructure -78% Ecommerce 138% 54% 52% 122% 151% 482%

Acquisitions

*Transaction sector has been omitted due to non-significant outlying data

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