VOL. XXXV

NO. 26

30-MARCH-1992

Financial and Banking News

Regional Investment

Lafico Buys Share of Lonrho Hotel Chain

Libyan Arab Foreign Investment Company (Lafico) has paid 177.5mn in cashfor a one-third stake in Metropole Hotels, which is owned by Lonrho PLC. Thesale will allow Lonrho to cut its debt burden, which has increased dramaticallyduring the last two years. Lonrho says that it has retained the right to appointsix of of eight Metropole directors, although Lafico will have some rights...