36% of AIM Market Delistings Are Takeovers

AIM market takeovers break through 750 mark

The number of takeovers of AIM listed companies has now broken through the 750 mark, with 767 completed over the last 20 years shows research by UHY Hacker Young a leading national accountancy group. The research found that 31 AIM companies were acquired in the last year. Takeovers of AIM listed companies have become so frequent that they are now the biggest single cause of companies delisting from AIM. Of the 2,129* delistings that took place o…

36% of AIM market delistings are takeovers

There have been 767 takeovers in the London AIM Market over the past 20 years, representing almost 36% of all delistings (2,129) over this period, according to research from accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young. This makes takeovers the single biggest cause of shrinkage in the AIM market, since the junior market was first established in 2007, according to the results. Momentum has not slowed down so far this year, with 31 AIM company takeovers occu…

Takeovers account for more than a third of AIM delistings

Takeovers have become the leading reason companies leave the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), with acquisitions accounting for more than a third of all delistings over the past two decades, according to UHY Hacker Young.