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TUI disposes remaining stake in Hapag-Lloyd

Tourism group TUI has disposed of its remaining shares in container carrier Hapag-Lloyd, allowing it to raise around $278m from the sale of 8.5m shares.

Lee Hong Liang, Asia Correspondent

July 12, 2017

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The disposal took place in an open market block trade to a guaranteed minimum price close to Monday’s market closing. Prior to this, TUI had already sold 6m shares in individual open market transactions since March 2017.

Horst Baier, TUI group cfo, said: “By disposing of all of its remaining Hapag-Lloyd shares, TUI successfully concludes its non-core business disposal program (…).”

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Lee Hong Liang

Asia Correspondent

Singapore-based Lee Hong Liang provides a significant boost to daily coverage of the Asian shipping markets, as well as bringing with him an in-depth specialist knowledge of the bunkering markets.

Throughout Hong Liang’s 14-year career as a maritime journalist, he has reported ‘live’ news from conferences, conducted one-on-one interviews with top officials, and had the ability to write hard news and featured stories.

 

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