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REGENT’s view of the month - July 2009

There was positive news on most fronts in the month of July. The aggregate valuation of all transactions moved up to $4.9b from $4.1b the month before. The valuation multiples moved up strongly on the back of the improving quoted sector. The median price/earnings ratio jumped to 15.7 whilst the median price/sales ratio shifted up towards a more typical 1.1. The only dampener in the month was the decline in overall transaction volume to 193 deals from 237

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