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RNS Number : 9614Y

TUI Travel PLC

05 January 2011

 
 
 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the       TUI Travel PLC 
 underlying issuer of existing shares 
 to which voting rights are 
 attached: 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please                      Change in delta relating to            YES 
  specify):                         instruments with similar economic 
                                    effect to qualifying financial 
                                    instruments (see note 1, section 
                                    13) 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject    TUI AG, a company incorporated in 
  to the                              Germany whose registered office is at 
  notification obligation:            Karl-Wiechert- Allee 4, 30625 Hannover, 
                                      Germany 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)       As above 
 (if different from 3.): 
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 5. Date of the transaction and       04 January 2011 
 date on which the threshold is 
 crossed or reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:    05 January 2011 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are          Aggregate interest (boxes 8A-8C) from 
 crossed or reached:                   56% to 57% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type of 
 shares if 
 possible        Situation previous 
 using the        to the triggering          Resulting situation after the triggering 
 ISIN CODE        transaction                 transaction 
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                               Number 
                 Number         of 
                  of            Voting       Number        Number of voting 
                  Shares        Rights        of shares     rights                     % of voting rights 
--------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  --------------------------  ------------------- 
                                             Direct        Direct        Indirect      Direct    Indirect 
--------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  --------  --------- 
 GB00B1Z7RQ77    615,882,193   615,882,193   395,596,480   395,596,480   220,285,713   35.38%    19.70% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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                                                           Number of voting 
                                                            rights that may 
                                                            be 
 Type of                                                    acquired if the 
 financial       Expiration    Exercise/                    instrument is              % of voting 
 instrument       date          Conversion Period           exercised/converted.        rights 
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                               From 16 January             133,318,664 (see 
                 9 March        2011 to 9 March             note 2, section 
 Call Option      2013          2013                        13)                        11.92% 
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 Contingent                    31 March 2013, 
  Forward                       subject to terms           86,967,049 (see 
  Purchase       31 March       allowing for earlier        note 3, section 
  Agreement       2013          settlement                  13)                        7.78% 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of                                     Exercise/     Number of voting 
 financial       Exercise      Expiration    Conversion     rights instrument 
 instrument       price        date          period         refers to                  % of voting rights 
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 Convertible 
 bonds 
 acquired 
 pursuant to a                               From 7 June   21,969,974 
 Contingent                                  2010           (calculated on a 
 Forward                                     subject to     delta- adjusted 
 Purchase                      27 April      certain        basis (see note 
 Agreement       GBP3.8234      2017         conditions     1, section 13))            Nominal   Delta 
--------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  --------------------------  --------  --------- 
                 1.97% 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                     Percentage of voting rights 
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 637,852,167                                 57.05% (please see note (4), section 
                                              13) 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:            N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy        N/A 
 holder will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will      N/A 
 cease to hold voting rights: 
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 13. Additional information:            (1) TUI AG is required under the 
                                        Disclosure and Transparency Rules to 
                                        disclose its interest in the 
                                        convertible bonds of TUI Travel PLC on 
                                        a delta-adjusted basis (see 8(c) 
                                        above). A change in the delta relating 
                                        to such bonds has resulted in a 
                                        notifiable change in TUI AG's 
                                        aggregate interest in the voting 
                                        rights of TUI Travel PLC, however TUI 
                                        AG's actual holding of convertible 
                                        bonds (on a nominal basis as well as 
                                        the number of TUI Travel PLC shares 
                                        underlying such bonds) has not changed 
                                        since the date of issue of such bonds 
                                        on 27 April 2010. (2) 133,318,664 of 
                                        those TUI Travel PLC shares in which 
                                        TUI AG has an indirect interest (as 
                                        referred to in 8A above) are the same 
                                        shares as those which it has a right 
                                        to acquire under the Call Option (as 
                                        referred to in 8B above). The 
                                        registered holder of such shares is 
                                        Nero Finance Limited. (3) 86,967,049 
                                        of those TUI Travel PLC shares in 
                                        which TUI AG has an indirect interest 
                                        (as referred to in 8A above) are the 
                                        same shares as those which it has a 
                                        right to acquire under the Contingent 
                                        Forward Purchase Agreement (as 
                                        referred to in 8B above). The 
                                        registered holder of such shares is 
                                        Antium Finance Limited. (4) TUI AG's 
                                        aggregate 57.05% interest referred to 
                                        in section 8 above is equivalent to 
                                        50.51% of TUI Travel PLC's share 
                                        capital on a fully diluted basis. 
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 14. Contact name:                      N/A 
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 15. Contact telephone number:          N/A 
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