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Apex Parks files for bankruptcy, agrees to be acquired by Cerberus group

Lenders led by Cerberus Capital Management LP are set to acquire amusement park company Apex Parks Group LLC, which filed for bankruptcy on April 8 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., The Wall Street Journal reported.

Apex Parks' operations are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Apex Parks, which is backed by Edgewater Services LLC and an affiliate of Carlyle Group Inc., said it expects its senior lenders to provide a baseline bid against which the court may seek better offers in a court-supervised auction for almost all of its assets ranging from $50 million to $100 million and liabilities between $100 million and $500 million.

The company has 10 entertainment centers and two water parks operating under Big Kahuna's, Sahara Sam's, Boomers and SpeedZone brands in California, Florida and New Jersey.

A Carlyle affiliate owns more than 43% of the equity of Apex, while Edgewater owns more than 26%, The Journal noted.

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