M&A Deal Summary

FL Partners Acquires Spotlight Sports Group

On January 1, 2007, private equity firm FL Partners acquired information services company Spotlight Sports Group for 165M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is FL Partners’ 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is FL Partners’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is FL Partners’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Spotlight Sports Group was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2016.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-01-01
Target Spotlight Sports Group
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) FL Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 165M GBP

Target

Spotlight Sports Group

London, United Kingdom
Spotlight Sports Group is home to brands in the sports media world including Racing Post, one of the most recognized and trusted names for horse racing data, opinion, and analysis. With over 30 years of experience, Racing Post has unrivalled expertise, serving a specialist community of sports enthusiasts, bettors, and bookmakers. Its portfolio of media brands include My Racing, Free Super Tips, Pickswise and Intellr. ICS, a B2B brand, provides specialist international agency services, which drives extended reach and increased traffic through performance marketing, as well as expertise in SEO, content marketing, digital PR, and translation.

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Buyer

FL Partners

Dublin, Ireland

Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

FL Partners is an Irish investment firm focused on mid-sized businesses. FL is a generalist investor and targets companies valued between €25 and €500 million. The Firm will consider opportunities across the UK, Europe, and the US. FL Partners was formed in 2006 and is based in Dublin.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 6
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 1 of 5
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 3
Year (2007) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-05-01 Kaymed

Dublin, Ireland

Kaymed is a premium foam and mattress manufacturer in Ireland known for its excellent product quality and wholly owned brands including Kayfoam, Kaymed, King Koil, Odearest and iGel. Kaymed is also a manufacturer of beds for the emerging European Bed in a Box sector.

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