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Pitch Perfect, Slam Dunk

Combination column and line chart showing annual private equity deal activity in professional sports companies. Chart subtitle: Global private equity investment in professional sports has increased due to attractive investment characteristics. Chart visual description: Data is annual, with 2022 asterisked to note as of August 2022. Left y-axis is labeled Deal Value ($B) and spans $0-7B. Right y-axis is labeled Deal count and ranges from 0 to 60. X-axis is labeled with years from 2014 to 2022. Deal value data corresponds to tan columns. Deal count data is charted with a blue line. Chart data description: By year, 2014 had $0.5B and 17 deals; 2015 had $5B and 29 deals; 2016 $0.6B and 21 deals; 2017 $4B in 43 deals; 2018 $1.7B in 25 deals; 2019 $3.2B in 24 deals; 2020 $1B in 37 deals; 2021 $6.3B in 53 deals; 2022* $6.2B in 21 deals. Chart source: Pitchbook *as of August 2022. End chart description. See disclosures at end of document.
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