PC Owners Clarify Future of Hotel Business After Breakup Rumors

In practice, the owner and operator of Pearl Continental Hotels Pakistan Services Limited (PSX: PSEL) has denied having any knowledge of a documented split of the hotel business circulating on social media.

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• Pakistan Services, nevertheless, stated there are existing cases concerning the company's shareholding that are sub judice and pending adjudication before the Islamabad High Court.
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• The ownership dispute has additionally involved proceedings before the Islamabad High Court.

In a clarification issued to PSX on September 7, the firm stated it had neither received information regarding the purported development nor been informed of the matter by any shareholder. The firm therefore stated it was not in a position to comment further on the report.

Meanwhile, the firm stated it remained committed to maintaining transparency and keeping shareholders, regulators and the general public appropriately informed regarding matters concerning the business.

Pakistan Services continued that any development requiring disclosure under applicable laws and regulations would be communicated to the Pakistan Stock Exchange and produced available in accordance with the relevant legal and regulatory requirements.

Meanwhile, the clarification follows recent media reports that a proposed out-of-court settlement could result in the division of a number of Pearl Continental hotels between Thatta Cement and Fauji Foundation.

In practice, the reports remarked the proposed arrangement followed more than a year of legal and ownership disputes involving a roughly 56 percent voting stake in Pakistan Services. PSX Partners with UK's MOBILIST Program to Boost Sustainable Investment.

Notably, the ownership dispute has additionally involved proceedings before the Islamabad High Court.

Meanwhile, the court has previously suspended the operation of notices relating to the acquisition of shares and proposed board elections and restrained certain parties from interfering with the management or affairs of Pakistan Services. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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