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RNS Number : 3099Z

TUI Travel PLC

09 December 2014

 
 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                                            Acquisition of legal title to shares           YES 
  specify):                                               over which voting rights already held 
                                                          (see note 2, 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                                 08 December 2014 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                    09 December 2014 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                No change. 
  crossed or 
  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      Situation previous          Resulting situation after the 
  of              to the triggering           triggering transaction 
  shares          transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                 Number        Number        Number         Number of voting          % of voting 
                  of            of            of shares      rights                    rights (x) 
                  Shares        Voting 
                                Rights 
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                                             Direct         Direct         Indirect   Direct    Indirect 
                                                             (xi)           (xii) 
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 GB00B1Z7RQ77    609,120,138   609,120,138 
                                              609,120,138    609,120,138               50.03%    0.00% 
                                                              (see 
                                                              note 
                                                              2, section 
                                                              13) 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of         Expiration    Exercise/                    Number of voting          % of voting 
 financial        date          Conversion                   rights that               rights 
 instrument       (xiii)        Period (xiv)                 may be 
                                                             acquired if 
                                                             the 
                                                             instrument 
                                                             is 
                                                             exercised/converted. 
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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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 Type of         Exercise      Expiration    Exercise/      Number of voting          % of voting 
 financial        price        date          Conversion      rights instrument         rights (xix, 
 instrument                    (xvii)        period          refers to                 xx) 
                                             (xviii) 
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 Convertible     GBP3.8234     27 April      From           23,539,258                Nominal   Delta 
 bonds                          2017         7 June          (calculated 
 acquired                                    2010            on a delta- 
 pursuant                                    subject         adjusted basis 
 to a                                        to certain      (see note 1, 
 Contingent                                  conditions      section 13)) 
 Forward 
 Purchase 
 Agreement 
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                                                                                                1.93% 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                     Percentage of voting rights 
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 632,659,396                                 51.96% (please see note 3, 
                                              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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                                                         (1) TUI AG is required under 
  13. Additional information:                             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 may, from time 
                                                          to time, result 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. Such bonds 
                                                          were transferred by Antium 
                                                          Finance Limited to Deutsche 
                                                          Bank AG, London Branch on 
                                                          10 October 2013. In addition, 
                                                          the maturity date of the 
                                                          Contingent Forward Purchase 
                                                          Agreement (pursuant to which 
                                                          such bonds are held by Deutsche 
                                                          Bank) has been extended from 
                                                          28 July 2014 to 27 July 2016. 
 
                                                          (2) As disclosed by TUI AG 
                                                          in the TR-1 notification 
                                                          dated 7 October 2014 TUI 
                                                          AG was interested in 609,120,138 
                                                          ordinary shares of 10 pence 
                                                          each in the share capital 
                                                          of TUI Travel plc. Also as 
                                                          disclosed in the TR-1 notification 
                                                          dated 7 October 2014, 86,967,049 
                                                          of those 609,120,138 TUI 
                                                          Travel PLC shares were legally 
                                                          owned by Deutsche Nominees 
                                                          Limited pursuant to a financing 
                                                          arrangement with Deutsche 
                                                          Bank AG. Under that financing 
                                                          arrangement TUI AG had control 
                                                          over the voting rights over 
                                                          those 86,967,049 TUI Travel 
                                                          PLC shares and held the economic 
                                                          benefit of dividends and 
                                                          other returns on those TUI 
                                                          Travel PLC shares. 
 
                                                          On 8 December 2014, those 
                                                          86,967,049 TUI Travel PLC 
                                                          shares were transferred from 
                                                          Deutsche Nominees Limited 
                                                          to TUI AG, following partial 
                                                          early settlement of the relevant 
                                                          financing arrangement. The 
                                                          total number of TUI Travel 
                                                          PLC shares over which TUI 
                                                          AG controls the voting rights 
                                                          remains unchanged, being 
                                                          609,120,138 TUI Travel PLC 
                                                          shares, representing 50.03 
                                                          per cent. of the total number 
                                                          of TTP Shares currently in 
                                                          issue. 
 
                                                          (3) TUI AG's aggregate 51.96% 
                                                          interest referred to in section 
                                                          8 above is equivalent to 
                                                          50.03% 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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