Perform Group plc is a digital rights business operating in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. It is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index

FTSE 250 Index

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History

The Company was established in 2007 through the merger of Premium TV Ltd and Inform Ltd. The Company, in which Leonard Blavatnik (an American billionaire) holds a 58% stake, was the subject of an Initial Public Offering

Initial public offering

An initial public offering or stock market launch, is the first sale of stock by a private company to the public. It can be used by either small or large companies to raise expansion capital and become publicly traded enterprises...

 in April 2011.

Operations

The Company has three main activities: it owns the digital rights to circa 200 leagues, tournaments and events such as Italy

Italy

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's Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 (ii) it owns a series of websites, such as Goal.com, on which it offers space to advertisers and (iii) it manages advertising for third parties such as Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...