M&A Deal Summary

TenCate Grass Acquires Sport & Leisure Group

On June 5, 2025, TenCate Grass acquired leisure company Sport & Leisure Group from Sun Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is TenCate Grass’ 1st transaction in the Leisure sector.
  • This is TenCate Grass’ 1st transaction in Belgium.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-06-05
Target Sport & Leisure Group
Sector Leisure
Buyer(s) TenCate Grass
Sellers(s) Sun Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Eubelius
Weil Gotshal & Manges
NautaDutilh (Legal)

Target

Sport & Leisure Group

Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Sport & Leisure Group is a provider of 80 million m2 of installed artificial grass for football, hockey, tennis, American football, rugby, golf and multipurpose sports applications. Sport & Leisure Group was founded in 1989 and is based in Sint-Niklas, Belgium.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

TenCate Grass

Nijverdal, Netherlands

Category Company
Sector Manufacturing
DESCRIPTION

TenCate Grass is a vertically integrated manufacturer, distributor, and installer of artificial turfsolutions. TenCate Grass provides artificial turf solutions for both sports and landscaping applications with a portfolio of diversified brands. TenCate Grass is based in Nijverdal, Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Leisure M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 3
Country: Belgium M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-07-15 Byrom-Davey

San Diego, California, United States

Byrom-Davey is a provider of athletic facility design and construction in Southern California. Byrom-Davey was formed in 2001 and is based in San Diego, California.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Sun Capital Partners

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 13.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Sun Capital's corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.
Sun Capital's corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.

Sun Capital Partners is a large private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts, equity, debt, and other control investments in North America, Asia, and Europe. Sun looks for businesses that can benefit from the Firm's operating experience including underperformers, turnarounds, and special situations. Target companies typically have $50 million to $1 billion in revenue with strong market positions. Sectors of interest include paper and packaging, food and beverages, metals and mining, automotive after-market parts, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, media and communications, building products, telecommunications, technology, retailing and catalogs, restaurants, manufacturing and industrial. Sun Capital was formed in 1995 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 129 of 131
Sector: Leisure M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 54 of 55
Country: Belgium M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-01-08 Latite Roofing

Pompano Beach, Florida, United States

Latite Roofing is a roof installation service provider in Florida. Latite offers new roof installations and re-roofing (replacement roofs) for both residential and commercial buildings. Latite Roofing was founded in 1943 and is based in Pompano Beach, Florida.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-08-04 WesCom Signal and Rescue

Derbyshire, United Kingdom

WesCom Signal and Rescue is a manufacturer and supplier of SOLAS, MED and USCG approved pyrotechnic marine distress signals to the commercial and leisure marine markets. WesCom Signal and Rescue is based in Derbyshire, United Kingdom.

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