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Will Blackstone make magic with Merlin?
Oct 25, 2009 07:40 PM UTC

Tom Johansmeyer

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Filed under: Private equity, Walt Disney (DIS), Citigroup Inc. (C), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Blackstone Group L.P (BX), Initial public offerings

What has Blackstone (NYSE: BX) been doing with all those theme parks it's been buying? Well, the answer is becoming a bit clearer now. The private equity firm is getting ready to take theme park operator Merlin Entertainments public early next year.

Several investment banks have already been called to advise on the transaction, including Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB), UBS (NYSE: UBS), and Nomura (NYSE: NMR). If all goes as planned, the deal could be good for $3.33 billion.

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