The Independent reported yesterday (29 November) that DIC is expected to sell its share in the London Eye owner when it floats on the London Stock Exchange early next year.
"We do not see that the current issues in Dubai will have any impact on Merlin Entertainments at all," said Sally Ann Wilkinson, managing partner of PR agency The Firm.
"Such speculation comes at a time when in any case we are reviewing the next phase of ownership, and given Merlin's continued success, all our shareholders have been very supportive and expressed a desire to maintain an interest in the company as we move into the next phase of our development.
"These include majority shareholder private-equity company Blackstone; KIRKBI, the investment arm of Lego; and the Merlin management, as well as DIC – which is a minority shareholder in this company with considerably less than a 20 per cent stake," she added.
Merlin Entertainments, which also owns the London Aquarium, London Dungeon and Madame Tussauds, is currently the second-biggest entertainment group behind Disney.
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