Anex Tourism holding acquired almost 7% shares of the British Thomas Cook Group. This was reported by RBC, citing data from the British stock exchange.
As the publication specifies, the founder of the Anex Tourism holding, Neshet Kochkar, became the owner of 6,71% shares of Thomas Cook Group in late July. Earlier, on 26 On July 29, it became known that Neshet Kochkar acquired 4,76% shares, then on July 29, the package increased to 5,41%, and finally on July 30 it reached 6,71%.
This deal had a positive effect on the shares of the British holding: Thomas Cook Group securities rose in price on the London Stock Exchange by 16:30 Moscow time on Wednesday by 36%, to 6 British pounds per share. Thus, the capitalization of the entire Thomas Cook Group exceeded 137 million British pounds.
At the same time, as ATOR emphasizes, Anex Tourism can now become the third largest shareholder of Thomas Cook Group. “Currently, the top largest shareholders are as follows: Fosun International (share 18%), Investco ltd. (13.8%), Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management (5%),” the Association noted.
As experts note, such a step by Anex Tourism may be a response to the strengthening of the Russian share in TUI Group. “This is also an opportunity to influence the tourist and financial flows of Thomas Cook Group. After all, as is known, Anex has created a number of host companies in European beach destinations. They need to be loaded and developed. In the near future, this is unlikely to affect the balance of power in the Russian market, but in the long term, it will certainly increase competition between the leading players in mass tour operating,” leading tourism industry expert Igor Kozlov explained to a TRN correspondent.
Let us recall that in March of this year, the Russian tour operator Biblio-Globus officially announced the purchase of the company by the British tour operator Thomas Cook.
Source: trn-news.ru