WEBVTT - BP Rises, Campari Group Down, Ryanair Dips

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<v Speaker 3>Let's take a look at some of the stocks on

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<v Speaker 3>the move today here in Europe. I'm Caroline Hepka with

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<v Speaker 3>Tom McKenzie, and we're joined Berburenberg reporter Cloim Lay. Let's

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<v Speaker 3>start with BP, which has agreed to divest its stake

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<v Speaker 3>in US shale assets. How's the market responding to that

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<v Speaker 3>in what is going to be a big week for earnings.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, absolutely, so, it seems that the market is responding

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<v Speaker 1>quite positively to that decision to divers states from BP.

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<v Speaker 1>It's obviously part of this wider plan for the oil

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<v Speaker 1>major to shore up its balance sheet and to win

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<v Speaker 1>back some investor confidence after years and years of underperformance.

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<v Speaker 1>This is also the underperformance that put it in the

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<v Speaker 1>line of sight of the activist investor earlier investment management,

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<v Speaker 1>and that has pushed BP to kind of refocus on

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<v Speaker 1>oil and guess in divest some of the other assets.

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<v Speaker 1>The new chairman, Albert Manifold, said that the company has

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<v Speaker 1>to act with urgency to cut costs, sell those assets

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<v Speaker 1>and improve profitability. So it's pledged to divest twenty billion

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<v Speaker 1>dollars of assets by the end of twenty twenty seven.

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<v Speaker 1>So far, it's managed to strike a deal to sell

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<v Speaker 1>its US on shore wind business, which means that it

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<v Speaker 1>has now completely exited a wind power generation. It's also

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<v Speaker 1>agreed to offload its Dutch retail fuel sites and also

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<v Speaker 1>electric vehicle charging hubs, so it is making that progress there.

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<v Speaker 1>So we'll get more update on how it's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>managing this turnaround at the third quarter result tomorrow, where

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<v Speaker 1>we'll get probably an update on that strategy going forward.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, and we're going to switch Forcus to Compari Group

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<v Speaker 3>now Chloe, which is dropping fow an Italian tax fraud probe.

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<v Speaker 3>How potentially damaging is this?

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<v Speaker 1>What are the details? Yeah, Well, Italian prosecutors ordered the

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<v Speaker 1>seizure of around one point three billion euros in shares

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<v Speaker 1>from the holding company that controls Compari, so it's not

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<v Speaker 1>directly affected, but it is part of this tax fraud probe,

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<v Speaker 1>so it relates to alleged unpaid taxes on assets moved abroad,

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<v Speaker 1>and it is related to the Luxembour base holding company Elekfin,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is related to the alleged failure to pay

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<v Speaker 1>exit tax on about five point three billion euros of

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<v Speaker 1>capital gains generated when it absorbed an Italian subsidiary. So

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<v Speaker 1>Compare Yourself is not under investigation, and it's said that

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<v Speaker 1>it does not expect the litigation to impact it or

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<v Speaker 1>any of its subsidiaries. But analysts are saying that the

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<v Speaker 1>news is likely to put that pressure on the shares

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<v Speaker 1>regardless of that direct impact, with an overhang on the

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<v Speaker 1>shes until that tax dispute is clarified. And as I've

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<v Speaker 1>said that the shares seized amount of out to about

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen percent of the Compari market capitalization, which could be

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<v Speaker 1>material if the Italian authorities were going to monetize that

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<v Speaker 1>to settle that tax to.

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<v Speaker 3>That on Campari Group. We've also been looking at Ryanair today.

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<v Speaker 3>The airline expects to exceed passenger growth targets, but the

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<v Speaker 3>CEO also issued quite a fourth right. I guess it

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<v Speaker 3>was a threat or the threat of a consequence for

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<v Speaker 3>the government here too.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Absolutely, So there's quite a lot of news actually

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<v Speaker 1>coming up Ryaner this morning. So a profit came in

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<v Speaker 1>ahead of expectations, as you said, raise the target for

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<v Speaker 1>passenger growth this year thanks to really strong travel demand

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<v Speaker 1>and also improving Boeing deliveries. But then we also have

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<v Speaker 1>the CEO and striking quite a cautious stone and saying

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<v Speaker 1>that any taxes would lead to a refocus on production

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<v Speaker 1>for Ryanair. It said that. He said also it was

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<v Speaker 1>too early to provide a meaningful profit guidance for the

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<v Speaker 1>four years, so that was also quite that cautious tone

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<v Speaker 1>that I mentioned, and some analysts have noted that there

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<v Speaker 1>was a lack of guidance upgrade on profit after tax,

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<v Speaker 1>and so all of that has led to a bit

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<v Speaker 1>of weakness in the chefs despite those Boing deliveries improving,

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<v Speaker 1>despite the profit coming in ahead of expectors, and some

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<v Speaker 1>of them I also have had had to do with

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<v Speaker 1>a really strong share price performance recently. It's a company

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<v Speaker 1>that has been really outperforming with and EasyJet, which are

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<v Speaker 1>the closest budget airline arrivals, and so it has been

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<v Speaker 1>pairing maybe some of those games. After really strong share

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<v Speaker 1>price performance.

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