Sector Outperforms: Grant Thornton Lookback on Defense M&A 2009

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(click to view full) Guest Article by Ian Cookson If 2008 can be characterized as a year in which private equity buyers battled to acquire aircraft component manufacturers, then 2009 was a time of strategic acquirers fighting to secure defense technologies. 2009 was a relatively strong year for M&A. Defense technology saw a 6% increase in M&A activity [...]

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