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==Company== The company was known as Norman & Hill until the mid-1980s, when it renamed itself after its most popular product. For much of its life it was based in [[South Woodford]], East London (postal address Essex). In the early 1980s, it moved to nearby [[Barkingside]], also in East London (London Borough of Redbridge, postal address is in Essex). It was bought by [[David Collischon]]. In the late 1980s David Collischon floated the company on the stock exchange resulting in control of the company being taken over by Nightingale with Robin Field taking the role of MD. In the early 1990s it moved its offices to central London, near Oxford Street, and subcontracted its warehouse operation to [[Crick, Northamptonshire|Crick]] in Northamptonshire. The company was acquired by Day Runner, Inc. in 1998. In 2001, Day Runner, Inc. sold Filofax.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of Day Runner, Inc. β FundingUniverse|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/day-runner-inc-history/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=www.fundinguniverse.com}}</ref> Filofax is part of the UK-based [[Thomas Letts|Letts]] Group. In 2006, [[Phoenix Equity Partners]] led a [[secondary buyout]] of the business. The deal provided an exit for [[private equity]] firm Dunedin Capital Partners. In 2012, the company was acquired by HSGP Investments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filofax.com/about|title = About Filofax}}</ref>
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