Carnival Shares Climb After Saudis Buy 8.2% Stake in Cruise Line

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Carnival Corp.  (CCL) – Get Report shares jumped after the Saudi sovereign investment fund disclosed a stake of 8.2%, or 43.5 million shares, in the cruise line .

The Saudi Public Investment Fund is now the third largest stakeholder in the company, which has a market cap of about $7 billion.

The investment fund’s stake in the company is valued at nearly $370 million.

While the timing of the fund’s investment is unclear, the fund did not own any Carnival stock as of its fourth-quarter SEC filing, Barron’s reported.

According to the latest filing, the fund’s investment in Carnival topped 5% on March 26.

At last check Carnival shares were 21% higher at $10.29.

The cruise line industry broadly has suffered in the wake of outbreaks of the coronavirus on cruise ships and the cancellation of vacation plans worldwide

In late March, four passengers aboard Carnival’s Holland America’s Zaandam cruise ship died and two people on board tested positive for coronavirus.

Recently, the company increased its dollar-bond sale to $4 billion from $3 billion and lowered its interest rate for the bonds to about 12% from 12.5%.

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