8 Jun 2020 07:00
8 June 2020
CEIBA INVESTMENTS LIMITED
(the "Company")
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(TICKER CBA, ISIN: GG00BFMDJH11)
Legal Entity Identifier: 213800XGY151JV5B1E88
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TRADING UPDATE
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CEIBA Investments Limited ("CEIBA" or the "Company"), the聽largest listed foreign company solely dedicated to investing in Cuba, with interests in the commercial and tourism real estate sectors of Cuba,聽is pleased to provide an update on trading, operations and investments.
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Cuba and COVID-19
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As at 5 June 2020, Cuba reported 2,133 confirmed covid-19 cases and 83 deaths resulting from the corona virus. With no deaths reported in the last week and 11 of its provinces reporting the absence of new cases during the last 15 days, it is anticipated that Cuba is close to announcing a staged reopening of its tourism industry and national borders.
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Since the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic, Cuba has sent more than 2,500 doctors and nurses to 26 countries, including to Italy, Mexico and South Africa.
Current Trading, Operations and Investments
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With respect to its trading, investments and operations, the Company can report as follows:
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路 during the first five months of 2020, the operational results of the Miramar Trade Centre surpassed the results during the same period in 2019;
路 the Meli茫 Habana hotel has remained operational with a limited number of rooms (for essential workers and other authorized travelers) and one restaurant providing take-away meals;
路 the Sol Palmeras hotel, located in Varadero, Cuba's prime resort destination, which closed at the end of March 2020, will likely be amongst the first hotels in Varadero to reopen in Q3 2020;
路 as at 5 June 2020, an aggregate amount in excess of US$40 million has been invested in the Cuban hotel joint venture TosCuba S.A. and the construction of its 400 room luxury beachfront "Meli茫 Trinidad Pen铆nsula" hotel is now more than halfway completed and expected to open by the end of Q3 2021;
路 the Company is proud to announce that the prestigious 2020 Cuban National Environmental Quality Award was presented to the hotel Meli茫 Las Americas by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of the Republic of Cuba on the occasion of World Environment Day. The award confirms the profound commitment of each of the Company, the Manager and Meli茫 Hotels International S.A. to make sustainability an intrinsic part of its business;
路 in 2019, Melia Hotels International achieved the highest possible score for companies active in the global travel & tourism industry in its review by SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment.
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About World Environment Day
World Environment Day is聽celebrated聽on 5 June every year, and is the聽United Nations' principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the聽protection of our environment. The idea to celebrate World Environment Day was established in 1972 by the聽United Nations聽on the first day of the聽Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, resulting from discussions on the integration of human interactions and the environment.聽The first World Environment Day was held in 1974. Since then, the annual event has been a flagship campaign for聽raising awareness聽from聽environmental issues聽to聽marine pollution, human overpopulation, and聽global warming, to聽sustainable consumption聽and wildlife crime.
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END OF ANNOUNCEMENT
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For further information, please contact:
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Aberdeen Standard Fund Managers Limited Sebastiaan Berger / Evan Bruce-Gardyne 聽 | Tel: +44 (0)20 7463 6000 |
N+1 Singer James Maxwell / James Moat (Corporate Finance) James Waterlow (Sales) 聽 | Tel: +44 (0)20 7496 3000 |
JTC Fund Solutions (Guernsey) Limited | Tel: +44 (0)1481 702400 |
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www.ceibainvestments.co.uk
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