NASDAQ Stock Alert: Great Wolf Resorts (NASDAQ: WOLF) Soars on Acquisition News

Orlando, FL 3/14/12 (StreetBeat) -- www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal for independent investors, reports on one of the top NASDAQ percentage gainers in yesterday’s trading session, Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: WOLF). The stock was trading up at $5.23, up 1.04(24.82%) 1:33PM EDT on over 8.6 Million shares. The stock soared on acquisition news and closed at $5.32.

An affiliate of Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO) and Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: WOLF) announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement with Apollo will acquiring Great Wolf, North America’s largest family of indoor waterpark resorts, for approximately $703 million, including the assumption of the Company’s outstanding debt.

The news was followed by the usual flow of press releases by law firms questioning the deal.

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. ® (NASDAQ: WOLF )is North America’s largest family of indoor waterpark resorts, and, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, owns and operates its family resorts under the Great Wolf Lodge® brand. Great Wolf Resorts is a fully integrated resort company with Great Wolf Lodge locations in: Wisconsin Dells, Wis.; Sandusky, Ohio; Traverse City, Mich.; Kansas City, Kan.; Williamsburg, Va.; the Pocono Mountains, Pa.; Niagara Falls, Ontario; Mason, Ohio; Grapevine, Texas; Grand Mound, Wash.; and Concord, N.C. Great Wolf’s consolidated subsidiary, Creative Kingdoms, LLC, is a developer and operator of technology-based, interactive quest adventure experiences such as MagiQuest®. http://www.greatwolf.com

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Great Wolf Resorts (Nasdaq: WOLF) Stock Up 27% on Takeout

ShawShank, VA March 13,2012 (StreetBeat) -- Apollo Global Management is taking a dive into the world of indoor water parks. The investment manager is buying Great Wolf Resorts (Nasdaq: WOLF) for about $167.1 million, or roughly $5 a share, which is a 19% premium over the Madison, Wis.-based company’s closing stock price yesterday.

The news sent Great Wolf’s share price soaring 23% to $5.12 a share in morning market action.

Apollo valued the deal at $703 million including the assumption of debt. The offer was unanimously approved by Great Wolf’s board, which is advising the company’s shareholders to tender their shares.
Great Wolf operates 11 properties across the country.

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Great Wolf Resorts (Nasdaq: WOLF) Sees Growth in 2012

Orlando, FL 12/16/11 (StreetBeat) -- Great Wolf Resorts Inc. (Nasdaq: WOLF), the Madison operator of Great Wolf Lodge water park resorts, said Thursday that its fourth-quarter adjusted earnings are expected to be at the top end of the company's guidance on same-store revenue per available room growth of about 8.5 percent.

The company said adjusted earnings for the year ending Dec. 31, 2012, are expected to be more than $80 million, with fourth-quarter earnings of about $12.5 million.

Great Wolf also introduced earnings guidance for 2012, predicting an increase in adjusted earnings of about 4 to 11 percent to $83 million to $89 million. Adjusted earnings exclude a variety of expenses including taxes, depreciation and amortization.
Revenue per available room, a key lodging statistic, is expected to grow by 3 percent to 7 percent in 2012, based on a current assessment of business conditions, including a forecast of consumer demand and discretionary spending trends.

"Our operating performance throughout 2011 has been extremely strong, which should result in significantly better results than we had anticipated as we entered the year," said Great Wolf CEO Kim Schaefer.

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