Brunswick Insight surveyed more than 200 buy-side and sell-side analysts between August 29 and September 16, 2016.

Brunswick Group’s Third Annual Data Valuation SurveyGlobal survey of investors finds that M&A strategy should include cybersecurity. In addition, investors believe cyber transparency will improve the M&A valuation climate.

GLOBAL M&A JOURNAL

SPECIAL EDITION: DEALMAKERS CYBERSECURITY

Investors Excited About EU Breach

Transparency Mandate

50%

Company Announces Cyber Partnership

To Preempt �reats

70 percent

of investors

believe more

breach

transparency

regulations

will improve

the investment

climate

70%

M&A AND INVESTOR CHRONICLE

CEO Shirks Responsibility; Blames Thieves

Breach Disclosure Post Agreement Announcement Drops Deal Value

59 percentof investors lower merger valuations if either companyhas suffereda breach

59%

ALL THE MERGER NEWS THAT’S FIT TO PRINT INVESTOR & CYBERSECURITY EDITION

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55 percentof investors want the CEO to speak when the company announces a breach

55%78 percentof investors blame the target companyin the event of a hack

78%

To Do ListQuarterly earnings- Employee town hall- Panel Q&A re:cyber / M&A

50 percent of investors increase

valuation for companies that

demonstrate threat mitigation

activity through an outside

security firm