M&A Deal Summary

Village Roadshow Acquires Kelly Tarlton’s Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World

On March 19, 2008, Village Roadshow acquired leisure company Kelly Tarlton’s Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World for 11M AUD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Village Roadshow’s 1st transaction in the Leisure sector.
  • This is Village Roadshow’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Village Roadshow’s 1st transaction in New Zealand.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-03-19
Target Kelly Tarlton’s Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World
Sector Leisure
Buyer(s) Village Roadshow
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 11M AUD

Target

Kelly Tarlton’s Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World

Auckland, New Zealand
Kelly Tarlton’s is regarded as an Auckland icon being one of New Zealand's most visited attractions, with approximately 400,000 visitations annually. Launched 20 years ago by the late Kelly Tarlton, the attraction has hosted more than 10 million visitors and is a lynchpin of Auckland’s attractions and entertainment market.

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Buyer

Village Roadshow

South Yarra, Australia
Category Company
Founded 1954
Sector Diversified
Revenue 732M AUD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Village Roadshow is a diversified entertainment industry. It provides them parks and film production and distribution divisions. Village Roadshow was founded in 1954 and is based in South Yarra, Australia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Leisure) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
Country (New Zealand) 1 of 1
Year (2008) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-29 FilmNation Entertainment

Dover, Delaware, United States

FilmNation Entertainment LLC is aninternational film sales and distribution company.

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