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RNS Number : 5920O

TUI Travel PLC

20 September 2011

 
 
 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or           TUI Travel PLC 
  the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are 
  attached: (ii) 
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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)            TUI AG, a company incorporated 
  subject to the                       in Germany whose registered 
  notification obligation:             office is at Karl-Wiechert- 
  (iii)                                Allee 4, 30625 Hannover, Germany 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)       As above 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction           19 September 2011 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer              20 September 2011 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are          Aggregate interest (boxes 
  crossed or                           8A-8C) from 55% to 56% 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type 
  of 
  shares 
  if possible 
  using          Situation previous 
  the ISIN        to the triggering          Resulting situation after the 
  CODE            transaction                 triggering transaction 
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                               Number 
                 Number         of 
                  of            Voting       Number        Number of voting            % of voting 
                  Shares        Rights        of shares     rights                      rights (x) 
--------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  --------------------------  ------------------- 
                                                           Direct        Indirect 
                                             Direct         (xi)          (xii)        Direct    Indirect 
--------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  --------  --------- 
 GB00B1Z7RQ77    620,137,750   620,137,750   395,596,480   395,596,480   224,541,270   35.4%     20.1% 
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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 
                                                            acquired if 
                                                            the 
 Type of         Expiration    Exercise/                    instrument 
 financial        date          Conversion                  is                         % of voting 
 instrument       (xiii)        Period (xiv)                exercised/converted.        rights 
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                               From 16 January             137,574,221 
                 9 March        2011 to 9                   (see note 2, 
 Call Option      2013          March 2013                  section 13)                12.3% 
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                               31 March 2013, 
 Contingent                     subject to 
  Forward                       terms allowing             86,967,049 
  Purchase       31 March       for earlier                 (see note 3, 
  Agreement       2013          settlement                  section 13)                7.8% 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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                                             Exercise/ 
 Type of                       Expiration    Conversion    Number of voting            % of voting 
 financial       Exercise      date          period         rights instrument           rights (xix, 
 instrument       price        (xvii)        (xviii)        refers to                   xx) 
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 Convertible 
 bonds 
 acquired                                                  8,892,609 
 pursuant to a                               From 7 June    (calculated 
 Contingent                                  2010           on a delta- 
 Forward                                     subject to     adjusted basis 
 Purchase                      27 April      certain        (see note 1, 
 Agreement       GBP3.8234      2017         conditions     section 13))               Nominal   Delta 
--------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  --------------------------  --------  --------- 
                                                                                                 0.80% 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                     Percentage of voting rights 
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 629,030,359                                 56.26% (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: 
  (xxi) 
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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) 137,574,221 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 56.26% 
                                         interest referred to in section 
                                         8 above is equivalent to 
                                         50.83% 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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