Financial Deal Insights Consumer Markets - February 2008

Table of Contents

• DATAMONITOR VIEW
  • CATALYST
  • SUMMARY
• ANALYSIS
  • Deal volume decreased significantly in February 2008
  • M&A activities in North America surpassed Europe in terms of numbers
  • Multibillion-dollar deals will change tobacco market dynamics
• APPENDIX
  • Definitions
  • Ask the analyst
  • Datamonitor consulting
  • Disclaimer
  • List of Figures
    • Figure 1: Volume trend in the consumer markets sector (August ' 07-February ' 08)
    • Figure 2: Consumer markets deal activity by value - February 2008 ($ billion, % share)
    • Figure 3: Company shares for the tobacco market in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Turkey - 2006 (%, Value terms)