Franchise Group, an owner and operator of franchised and franchisable businesses, completed the acquisition of Sylvan Learning, a tutoring franchisor for Pre-K-12 students and families, for $81m. "We are very excited to welcome the Sylvan management team, employees, franchisees and students to Franchise Group. The addition of Sylvan provides Franchise Group another growing franchise concept and further diversification into consumer services. Sylvan has been a leader in the educational services industry for decades and offers attractive unit economics to its growing franchisee base. The acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to earnings and is expected to expand our discretionary cash flow generation. We look forward to partnering with Sylvan’s outstanding management team to accelerate their expansion plans while leveraging Franchise Group’s best practices to drive incremental efficiencies," Brian Kahn, Franchise Group President and CEO.