{"id":599462,"date":"2023-08-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/08\/14\/misr-hotels-company-denies-plans-to-offload-majority-stake\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T00:00:00","slug":"misr-hotels-company-denies-plans-to-offload-majority-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/08\/14\/misr-hotels-company-denies-plans-to-offload-majority-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"Misr Hotels Company denies plans to offload majority stake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong> Misr Hotels Company does not intend to offload a majority stake <\/strong> and has received no offers from local companies for an acquisition, a source at the EGX-listed company told Enterprise yesterday. An article published by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3Ouqx6Z\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Al Shorouk<\/a> on Saturday had claimed that a number of unnamed local firms are looking to submit an offer to acquire a majority stake in Misr Hotels. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong> All eyes are on the state\u2019s new hotel company: <\/strong> Misr Hotels is redirecting any expressions of interest to the government\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/051ef98d-f02c-4385-b352-ad61ef059e01\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">new hotel company<\/a>, in which the Misr Hotel\u2019s parent company \u2014 the Holding Company for Tourism and Hotels (HOTAC) \u2014 owns a stake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong> Remember- <\/strong>The government earlier this year <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/051ef98d-f02c-4385-b352-ad61ef059e01\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">bundled seven of its historic hotels<\/a> into one firm that is selling shares as part of the Madbouly government\u2019s privatization program. Talaat Moustafa Group and a number of unnamed foreign investors recently agreed to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/1f59098e-47ac-42cc-964c-b84096549959\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">invest USD 700 mn<\/a> in the company via a capital increase, handing them a 37% stake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong> Misr Hotels has its sights set elsewhere: <\/strong> The company has a number of investment and expansion plans and is looking at ways to partner up with investors, our source told us. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong> Is FX a sticking point? <\/strong> The companies eyeing Misr Hotels for acquisition are reportedly searching for a foreign partner interested in transacting in hard currency, according to Al Shorouk. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong> About the company: <\/strong>Established in 1955, Misr Hotels runs the Nile Ritz-Carlton and the Safir Dahab resort, according to its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.misrhotels.com.eg\/index.php\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>. Its net income more than doubled y-o-y to EGP 819.8 mn in FY 2022-2023 on revenues of EGP 976.0 mn (+86% y-o-y).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong> Shareholder structure: <\/strong> The lion\u2019s share of Misr Hotels Company belongs to the state-owned HOTAC, which holds a near 51% stake, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/8\/589.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">regulatory filing (pdf)<\/a> last month. The stock is something of a favorite for retail investors: Some 35% of the company is held by individual investors, with the remaining shares in freefloat. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong> On the up and up: <\/strong>The company gained 0.49% to close yesterday\u2019s trading session at EGP 134.00 per share. Misr Hotels\u2019 share price has more than doubled year-to-date, outpacing the EGX30\u2019s 22% gain in the same period. The company has repeatedly stated in EGX disclosures (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/8\/591.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/8\/590.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, pdfs) that it has not failed to disclose any significant developments that could affect its share price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The denial follows reports that local firms are eyeing an acquisition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":599463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7321],"tags":[72,3621,955,11299,81,587,238],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-599462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privatization-watch","tag-enterpriseam","tag-holding-company-for-tourism-and-hotels","tag-hospitality","tag-misr-hotels-company","tag-privatization-watch","tag-state-privatization-program","tag-tourism","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"b976681d-ba6a-4238-ac4f-654691ea0a83","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/8\/595.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Misr Hotels Company denies plans to offload majority stake","related_issue":[599457],"teaser":"The denial follows reports that local firms are eyeing an acquisition","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2023\/8\/.d2a57221-474f-4836-b3ff-cd1843bf5e98.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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