"Figure 3: Value and number of acquisitions abroad by UK companies, 1987 to 2017","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. At Quarter 1 2010, the deal identification threshold for the mergers and acquisitions surveys was raised from £0.1 million to £1.0 million. There is therefore a discontinuity in the number of transactions reported as illustrated in the figure. 2. All values are at current prices (See source of data for definition). 3. "".."" Denotes disclosive figures." "Unit","Value (£ million) / Number" "","" "Period","Total number of transactions","Value (£ million)","","" "1987","431","12058","undefined","undefined" "1988","648","17300","undefined","undefined" "1989","681","22622","undefined","undefined" "1990","586","12952","undefined","undefined" "1991","550","9688","undefined","undefined" "1992","679","7264","undefined","undefined" "1993","521","9213","undefined","undefined" "1994","422","15164","undefined","undefined" "1995","365","11967","undefined","undefined" "1996","442","13377","undefined","undefined" "1997","464","19176","undefined","undefined" "1998","569","54917","undefined","undefined" "1999","590","111193","undefined","undefined" "2000","557","181285","undefined","undefined" "2001","371","41473","undefined","undefined" "2002","262","26626","undefined","undefined" "2003","243","20756","undefined","undefined" "2004","305","18709","undefined","undefined" "2005","365","32732","undefined","undefined" "2006","405","37412","undefined","undefined" "2007","441","57814","undefined","undefined" "2008","298","29670","undefined","undefined" "2009","118","10148","undefined","undefined" "2010","199","12414","undefined","undefined" "2011","286","50234","undefined","undefined" "2012","122","17933","undefined","undefined" "2013","58","..","undefined","undefined" "2014","113","20647","undefined","undefined" "2015","170","25561","undefined","undefined" "2016","141","17292","undefined","undefined" "2017","150","76596","undefined","undefined"