M&A Deal Summary

White Ocean Leisure Acquires South Lakeland Parks

On December 3, 2007, White Ocean Leisure acquired leisure company South Lakeland Parks for 125M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is White Ocean Leisure’s 1st transaction in the Leisure sector.
  • This is White Ocean Leisure’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is White Ocean Leisure’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • South Lakeland Parks was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2013 for 47M GBP.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-12-03
Target South Lakeland Parks
Sector Leisure
Buyer(s) White Ocean Leisure
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 125M GBP

Target

South Lakeland Parks

London, United Kingdom
South Lakeland Parks predominantly operates the owner-occupier model, generating most of its revenue from the sale of caravans and lodges and is one of the country's leading providers of timber-lodge units, a market which has demonstrated high growth over recent years and maintains a hire fleet and a small number of touring pitches for caravans and tents. South Lakeland Parks was founded in 1988 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

White Ocean Leisure

United Kingdom
Category Company
Sector Leisure
DESCRIPTION

White Ocean Leisure provides holiday parks services

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Leisure) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2007) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-27 South Lakeland Parks

London, United Kingdom

South Lakeland Parks predominantly operates the owner-occupier model, generating most of its revenue from the sale of caravans and lodges and is one of the country's leading providers of timber-lodge units, a market which has demonstrated high growth over recent years and maintains a hire fleet and a small number of touring pitches for caravans and tents. South Lakeland Parks was founded in 1988 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Sell £47M
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