Carnival Corp stated on Monday it would certainly market shares worth $500 million, as the cruise ship driver reboots its procedures after a lengthy break because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Money elevated will certainly be utilized to buy regular shares of Carnival Plc, trading in the United Kingdom, and also for basic company functions, the firm stated.
The cruise ship driver has actually elevated over $2.5 billion by marketing its shares over the previous year as traveling limitations because of the pandemic brought its service to a grinding halt.
With cruise ships purchased to run with less guests onboard while complying with rigorous health and also sanitization methods, Carnival and also others are anticipated to melt even more money to remain in service.
Cruise drivers started cruising from united state ports recently with primarily immunized guests and also team.
Shares of Carnival and also peers Royal Caribbean Group, Norwegian Cruise Holdings Ltd were down around 2% each.
(Reporting by Nivedita Balu; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)
