ROOMMATE INCREASES ITS SHARE CAPITAL

June 2007: RoomMate Hotels incorporates Corporación Caja Castilla La Mancha to its shareholder base through a capital increase. RoomMate Hotels, which is managed and majority controlled by Enrique Sarasola, began in 2001 with the opening of Hotel Mario in Madrid. RoomMate employs an innovative business model focusing on 3 star hotels in urban centers with […]

Euroloc acquires Grúas Homs

June 2007: Euroloc, one of Spain’s leading construction machinery rental providers, acquires Grúas Homs, based in Catalunya. Grúas Homs is one of Catalunya’s leading operators in the field, was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in the town of Mataró. This is Euroloc’s second major acquisition since it was acquired by the private equity firm […]

Ymedia welcomes the Del Pino Family Office as a shareholder

June 2007: Ymedia carries out a share capital increase of € 3.2 million, subscribed by a number of private investors, notably the Del Pino family. Ymedia was created in 2006 by a group of highly experienced communication and marketing executives. The Company aims to provide a global integrated response to clients’ off and on line […]

Independent valuation of the investment portfolio of Valanza

June 2007: In the context of its annual reporting to its fund investors, Valanza SCR, S.A. (“Valanza”), the private equity fund management company created by Group BBVA, appoints SOCIOS to carry out an independent valuation of its investment portfolio. The funds managed by Valanza have to date investments in four companies with different activities, […]

EUROLOC acquires NACANCO

May 2007: Euroloc, the leading construction machinery rental businesses which was recently purchased by private equity firm Advent International, acquires 75% of the share capital of Nacanco, and obtains an option to acquire the remaining 25% in the future. The transaction represents Euroloc’s first major acquisition in pursuit of Advent’s buy and build strategy […]

Parques Reunidos agrees to buy Warner Park in Madrid

March 2007: Parques Reunidos, the international leisure group headquartered in Madrid, Spain, agrees to buy Warner Park in a joint venture with real estate company, FADESA. The purchase price for the park will be approximately € 60 million. Warner Park and its associated land bank was acquired by FADESA, in early 2007. FADESA simultaneously agreed […]

Parques Reunidos acquires french water park Aqualud

February 2007: Parques Reunidos, the Madrid based European leisure group, acquires Aqualud, from a prominent French business for an undisclosed sum. Aqualud is located in Le Touquet, Northern France and is an indoor and outdoor leisure park with approximately 300,000 visitors per year. The acquisition is the first acquisition to be completed by Parques Reunidos […]

Olivos Naturales completes its second capital increase

January 2007: Olivos Naturales carries out a second capital increase amounting to €10 million following one completed in December 2006, incorporating an institutional investor into its shareholding structure. Olivos Naturales, founded in 2005, specialises in super intensive exploitation of olive groves, to produce and sell olives for the production of high quality extra virgin olive […]

Parques Reunidos agrees to buy Warner Park in Madrid

March 2007: Parques Reunidos, the international leisure group headquartered in Madrid, Spain, agrees to buy Warner Park in a joint venture with real estate company, FADESA. The purchase price for the park will be approximately € 60 million. Warner Park and its associated land bank was acquired by FADESA, in early 2007. FADESA simultaneously agreed […]

Advent International sells Parques Reunidos to Candover

March 2007: Advent International sells Parques Reunidos to Candover Investments, a leading private equity group focusing on large pan European buyouts for a price in excess of €900 million. This follows a three year investment period which commenced with the de-listing of Parques Reunidos from the Madrid stock exchange (Spain’s first ever Public to Private […]