Completion of Sisal Acquisition

RNS Number : 0137V

Flutter Entertainment PLC

05 August 2022

 

5 August 2022

Flutter Entertainment plc ("Flutter")

Completion of Sisal acquisition

Flutter is pleased to announce that it has received all necessary regulatory confirmations with respect to the acquisition of Sisal and the transaction completed on 4 August 2022.

As outlined in our transaction announcement ( here ), the acquisition of Italy's leading online gaming operator, in an attractive and fast-growing online market, is aligned to the Group's strategy of investing to build leadership positions in regulated markets.

Sisal has performed strongly since the transaction was announced with year-on-year growth of 58% in revenue to £402m and 51% in EBITDA to £120m during H1 2022¹. The prior year was impacted by Covid-related retail restrictions.

The transaction has been completed using debt facilities agreed at transaction announcement on 23 December 2021, bringing Flutter's expected weighted average cost of debt to approximately 3.4% for H2 2022.

¹ growth rates on a constant currency basis

Contacts:

Investor Relations:
Paul Tymms, Director of IR and FP&A Ciara O'Mullane, Investor Relations	+ 44 75 5715 5768 + 353 87 947 7862
Liam Kealy, Investor Relations	+ 353 87 665 2014
Press:
Kate Delahunty, Director Corporate Communications	+ 44 78 1077 0165
Lindsay Dunford, Corporate Communications Rob Allen, Corporate Communications	+ 44 79 3197 2959 + 44 75 5444 1363
Billy Murphy, Drury Communications	+ 353 1 260 5000
James Murgatroyd, Finsbury	+ 44 20 7251 3801

 

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