Thomas Cook (India) Limited has informed the Exchange about Reduction of Share Capital.
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The Board of Thomas Cook (India) Limited (TCIL) has approved a Composite Scheme of Arrangement with multiple steps. First, the Resorts and Resort Management business (6 Nature Trails resorts with FY25 turnover of INR 70 cr, about 0.4% of TCIL's standalone turnover) will be demerged into wholly owned subsidiary Sterling Holiday Resorts Limited (SHRL), with TCIL shareholders receiving 81 SHRL shares for every 100 TCIL shares held. SHRL will subsequently seek listing on BSE and NSE. Second, TCIL will consolidate 4 equity shares of face value Re. 1 each into 1 share of face value Rs. 4 each. Third, the face value will be reduced further from Rs. 4 to Rs. 3 per share to right-size the capital structure and improve EPS, with no payment to shareholders. Finally, three dormant/non-operating wholly owned subsidiaries (TCVSL, JTSL, BTSL) will be merged into TCIL to streamline the corporate structure. The entire scheme is subject to NCLT, SEBI, stock exchange, shareholder, and creditor approvals, with expected completion in 15-18 months.
TCIL shareholders will receive additional SHRL shares (81 per 100 TCIL shares) and end up holding stakes in two listed entities — a focused travel company (TCIL) and a focused hospitality company (SHRL). The share consolidation and face value reduction are designed to improve EPS and present a more accurate market valuation. The demerged business is a small slice of TCIL (0.4% of turnover), so the core travel business remains intact and there is no change in the number of TCIL shares held. In the short term, the stock may see movement around scheme milestones (NCLT approval, record dates), but no immediate change in operating fundamentals is expected.