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<br /> &A<br /> Mergers & Acquisitions<br /> Outlook Survey 2018/2019<br /> In our 14th annual survey, we polled senior<br /> executives across the nation—CEOs, CFOs,<br /> owners, managing directors and other<br /> professionals involved in M&A activity<br /> within their respective firms—to measure<br /> their experiences and outlook on mergers<br /> and acquisitions in the coming year.<br /> We would like to thank all survey<br /> respondents for their time and the<br /> insights they shared for this report.<br /> 1<br /> ECONOMIC OPTIMISM FUELS<br /> A VIGOROUS M&A MARKET<br /> Optimism is soaring to the highest levels in the 14-year<br /> history of Dykema’s annual M&A Outlook Survey. The<br /> portion of respondents who believe that the M&A market<br /> will strengthen in the next 12 months jumped to 65 percent<br /> from the mid to high 30s, where it stood over the previous<br /> several years. Negative sentiment, which had held steady at<br /> about 20 pe<a title="Dykema M&amp;A Booklet 2018 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/29b65966?page=1"> &A Mergers & Acquisitions Outlook Survey 2018/201</a> <a title="Dykema M&amp;A Booklet 2018 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/29b65966?page=2"> In our 14th annual survey, we polled senior execu</a> <a title="Dykema M&amp;A Booklet 2018 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/29b65966?page=3"> 1 ECONOMIC OPTIMISM FUELS A VIGOROUS M&A MARKE</a> <a title="Dykema M&amp;A Booklet 2018 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/29b65966?page=4"> 2 THE YEAR AHEAD: SMALLER DEALS AND NEW SECTO</a> <a title="Dykema M&amp;A Booklet 2018 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/29b65966?page=5"> #METOO MEETS M&A The survey included several ne</a> <a title="Dykema M&amp;A Booklet 2018 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/29b65966?page=6"> 4 ARTIFICIAL FOR DUE DILIGENCE This year</a> <a title="Dykema M&amp;A Booklet 2018 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/29b65966?page=7"> 5 M&A DRIVERS AND OBSTACLES For the fifth y</a> <a title="Dykema M&amp;A Booklet 2018 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/29b65966?page=8"> 6 THE RISE OF HIGH-FLYING FINANCIALS F</a> <a title="Dykema M&amp;A Booklet 2018 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/29b65966?page=9"> PRIVATE COMPANIES: LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL Ove</a> <a title="Dykema M&amp;A Booklet 2018 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/29b65966?page=10"> PO10LITICS: THE GREAT MIDTERM DIVIDE At a t</a> <a title="Dykema M&amp;A Booklet 2018 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/29b65966?page=11"> </a> <a title="Dykema M&amp;A Booklet 2018 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/29b65966?page=12"> Exceptional service. Dykema delivers. </a>