M&A Deal Summary

EQT Acquires Parques Reunidos

On September 12, 2019, private equity firm EQT acquired leisure company Parques Reunidos

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 2nd transaction in the Leisure sector.
  • This is EQT’s 6th transaction in Spain.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-09-12
Target Parques Reunidos
Sector Leisure
Buyer(s) EQT
Deal Type Going Private

Target

Parques Reunidos

Madrid, Spain
Parques Reunidos is an owner and operator of recreational infrastructure with a presence in Europe, North America, and Australia. The company portfolio comprises over 60 assets (theme parks, aquatic parks, animal parks, and other attractions) distributed in 45 locations and receiving over 20 million visitors per year. Parques Reunidos was founded in 1967 and headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

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Buyer

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 217 of 315
Sector (Leisure) 2 of 2
Type (Going Private) 11 of 23
Country (Spain) 6 of 10
Year (2019) 22 of 27
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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