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RNS Number : 1919X
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
17 November 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 Travel PLC
(c) 
Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: 
TUI Travel PLC
(d) 
Date dealing undertaken: 
14/11/2014
(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
287,929
4.192 GBP
4.139 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Sale
245,897
4.194 GBP
4.139 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
Short
37
4.153 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
464
4.172 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
205
4.172 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
17,684
4.162 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
17,684
4.174 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
4,119
4.174 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
2,035
4.164 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
159,383
4.164 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
159,383
4.164 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
40,000
4.151 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
1,300
4.153 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
3,234
4.156 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
3,896
4.163 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:
17/11/2014
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 AG
(c) 
Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: 
TUI Travel PLC
(d) 
Date dealing undertaken: 
14/11/2014
(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
47,799
12.87 EUR
12.67 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Sale
30,305
12.88 EUR
12.665 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
1,343
12.872 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
110
12.716 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
2,508
12.808 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
5,800
12.712 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
254
12.705 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
35
12.705 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
910
12.74 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
1,050
12.753 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
24
12.754 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
241
12.705 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
31
12.691 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
1,161
12.87 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
14,543
12.679 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
71
12.689 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
695
12.691 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
1,329
12.696 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
924
12.87 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
197
12.689 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
51
12.746 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
561
12.87 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
3
12.756 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
29
12.756 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
1,497
12.696 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
1,870
12.722 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
1,432
12.691 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
430
12.759 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
735
12.705 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:
17/11/2014
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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