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RNS Number : 3595Z
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
10 December 2014
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.
KEY INFORMATION
(a) 
Name of exempt principal trader: 
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
(b) 
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
TUI AG
(c) 
Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: 
TUI Travel PLC
(d) 
Date dealing undertaken: 
09/12/2014
(e) 
Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? 
Yes 
2.
DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)
Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security
Purchases/
sales 
Total number of securities
Highest price 
per unit 
paid/received 
Lowest price 
per unit 
paid/received 
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Purchase
161,935
13.85 EUR
13.44 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Sale
201,259
13.86 EUR
13.53 EUR
(b)
Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Class of 
relevant security 
Product description
e.g. CFD
Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a 
long/short position, increasing/reducing a 
long/short position 
Number of reference securities
Price per unit
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
100
13.607 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
5,764
13.78 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
3,073
13.525 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
12
13.673 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
265
13.58 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
85
13.58 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
246
13.689 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
155
13.453 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
250
13.548 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
89
13.661 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
62
13.441 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
467
13.689 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
862
13.548 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
8
13.689 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
89
13.689 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
315
13.811 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
372
13.614 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
1,863
13.546 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
484
13.801 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
363
13.548 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
922
13.548 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
700
13.569 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
271
13.601 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
11,384
13.764 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
1,109
13.58 EUR
(c)
Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i)
Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class 
of
relevant security 
Product description e.g. call option
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
Number 
of
securities to which option relates 
Exercise 
price
per unit 
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
(ii)
Exercising
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Number of 
securities 
Exercise Price per 
unit 
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
(d)
Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security
Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
Details
Price per unit (if applicable)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class
of relevant security dealt in. 
3.
OTHER INFORMATION
(a)
Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal 
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: 
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
(b)
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: 
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or 
(ii) The voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: 
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
Date of disclosure:
10/12/2014
Contact name:
Stacy Otieno
Telephone number:
0207 995 1335
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information
Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's
dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. 
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.
KEY INFORMATION
(a) 
Name of exempt principal trader: 
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
(b) 
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
TUI Travel PLC
(c) 
Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: 
TUI Travel PLC
(d) 
Date dealing undertaken: 
09/12/2014
(e) 
Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? 
Yes
2.
DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)
Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security
Purchases/
sales 
Total number of securities
Highest price 
per unit 
paid/received 
Lowest price 
per unit 
paid/received 
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Purchase
685,370
4.48 GBP
4.39 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Sale
709,498
4.47 GBP
4.41 GBP
(b)
Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Class of 
relevant security 
Product description
e.g. CFD
Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a 
long/short position, increasing/reducing a 
long/short position 
Number of reference securities
Price per unit
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
115
4.422 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
110,938
4.444 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
2,121
4.432 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
290
4.431 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
2,013
4.432 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
220,268
4.444 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
220,268
4.444 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
74
4.444 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
25
4.441 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
31
4.441 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
271
4.441 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
922
4.463 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
51,225
4.432 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
3,303
4.441 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
7,590
4.441 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
10,668
4.441 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
2,422
4.441 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
2,817
4.441 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
10,417
4.441 GBP
(c)
Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i)
Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class 
of
relevant security 
Product description e.g. call option
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
Number 
of
securities to which option relates 
Exercise 
price
per unit 
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
(ii)
Exercising
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Number of 
securities 
Exercise Price per 
unit 
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
(d)
Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security
Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
Details
Price per unit (if applicable)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class
of relevant security dealt in. 
3.
OTHER INFORMATION
(a)
Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal 
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: 
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
(b)
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: 
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or 
(ii) The voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: 
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
Date of disclosure:
10/12/2014
Contact name:
Stacy Otieno
Telephone number:
0207 995 1335
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information
Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's
dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. 

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