RNS11 Sep 2024 08:33
A bit of a kick in the teeth for ordinary loyal shareholders as Meeson rakes in £73.5M!
"Jet2's founder and former chair has trimmed his stake in the Leeds-based airline and package holiday company in a share sale, transaction coordinator and bookrunner Jefferies said. Philip Meeson sold five million shares in Jet2 to a "limited number of institutional investors". The shares represent around 2.3% of Jet2's issued share capital. "Philip's rationale for the transaction has been driven by personal financial considerations alone. Philip believes that Jet2, as a market leader in the Holiday business and with its firm order for 146 Airbus A321 aircraft is ideally positioned to fully take advantage of a market with huge potential. He believes there is a great future for Jet2 and he expects to continue as a very substantial shareholder in Jet2 going forward," Jefferies said. Based on Jet2's closing price of 1,470.00 on Tuesday, the share sold a worth GBP73.5 million. Jet2 has a market capitalisation of around GBP3.16 billion."