Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Thomas Cook agrees terms of £900m rescue deal with Fosun

Travel firm warns that Chinese investor could pull shares from London stock market

Thomas Cook has confirmed the terms of a £900m rescue deal that will give the Chinese conglomerate Fosun control of its holiday business – but warned that its shares may be pulled from the London stock market as a result.

The Chinese investor Fosun will inject £450m into the business in exchange for a 75% stake in its 178-year-old package tour division and a 25% holding in its airline business.

Thomas Cook owes its name to a humble and deeply religious 32-year-old cabinet-maker who, one June morning in 1841, hiked the 15 miles from his home in Market Harborough to Leicester, to attend a temperance meeting.

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from Mergers and acquisitions | The Guardian https://ift.tt/341CCbE

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