By: Wesley Legg

According to Capital IQ and Founders proprietary sources, there were an estimated 41 transactions involving Alabama companies completed in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 8% versus the same quarter in the previous year.  M&A and private placement activity was up 14% quarter over quarter. Most of the transactions completed in the first quarter of 2018 were sub $50 million in enterprise value, however there were some larger transactions, most notably the acquisition of Birmingham, Alabama based Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation by Kemper Corporation (NYSE:KMPR) for $1.4 billion.

 

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