Germany’s Bafin exempts Russia’s Mordashov from launching full TUI takeover

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Germany’s Bafin exempts Russia’s Mordashov from launching full TUI takeover

FRANKFURT, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Journey group TUI TUIGn.DE on Monday stated German regulator BaFin has


FRANKFURT, Jan 4 (Reuters)Journey group TUI TUIGn.DE on Monday stated German regulator BaFin has exempted a consortium backed by Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov from making a obligatory takeover supply for the corporate, easing the trail for a bailout of the journey operator.

In early December TUI secured a multibillion-euro bailout with the German authorities, personal buyers and banks after the COVID-19 pandemic worn out its income.

Mordashov, who’s already TUI’s largest shareholder, proudly owning 25% of the corporate, backed capital measures which might elevate his stake to 36% on the situation that BaFin, the German markets watchdog, exempted him from launching a full takeover.

The deal additionally paves the best way for Germany’s financial help fund to take a non-voting stake within the type of a so-called silent participation.

(Reporting by Edward Taylor and Ilona Wissenbach; modifying by David Evans)

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