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TUI AGAnnouncement

11/12/2014 10:10

RNS Number : 4906Z
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
11 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: 
10/12/2014
(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
485,783
13.95 EUR
13.26 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Sale
455,709
13.97 EUR
13.39 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
Long
105
13.71 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
632
13.71 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
4,157
13.776 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
2,135
13.441 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
17,605
13.441 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
1,126
13.626 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
137
13.626 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
359
13.626 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
81
13.626 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
146
13.626 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
85
13.626 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
1,187
13.626 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
379
13.626 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
158
13.615 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
130
13.615 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
1,303
13.892 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
1,052
13.841 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
2,714
13.612 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
897
13.611 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
1,165
13.617 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
3,264
13.479 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
121
13.569 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
1,417
13.51 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
19,902
13.51 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
9,152
13.51 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
856
13.51 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
2,258
13.51 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
1,955
13.51 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
14,088
13.51 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
512
13.51 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Long
66,286
13.609 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
24,712
13.51 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
901
13.51 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
1,930
13.51 EUR
Common - ISIN DE000TUAG000
Swaps
Short
4,517
13.51 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:
11/12/2014
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: 
10/12/2014
(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
718,143
4.52 GBP
4.28 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Sale
1,652,443
4.48 GBP
4.29 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
1,138
4.313 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
5,760
4.313 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
7,185
4.313 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
23,166
4.313 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
23,549
4.313 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
71,994
4.313 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
110,938
4.313 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
581
4.313 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
54,104
4.313 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
13,798
4.313 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
28,985
4.31 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
54,104
4.444 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
27,998
4.31 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
39,568
4.313 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
9,025
4.376 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
8,565
4.376 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
17,405
4.412 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
17,405
4.405 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
19,572
4.405 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
280
4.438 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
146,164
4.438 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
146,164
4.439 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
19,572
4.439 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
54,702
4.347 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
21,324
4.37 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
25,848
4.38 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
19,035
4.388 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
207,194
4.388 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
38,104
4.414 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
40,000
4.37 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
40,000
4.37 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
75,000
4.37 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
178,676
4.37 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
78,676
4.38 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
50,000
4.388 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
54,152
4.414 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
10,351
4.308 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
5,782
4.308 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
4,743
4.314 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
10,364
4.314 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
24,000
4.381 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
15,288
4.372 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
1,948
4.381 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
33,989
4.372 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
54,433
4.383 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Short
96,621
4.383 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
815
4.379 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B1Z7RQ77
Swaps
Long
96,621
4.379 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:
11/12/2014
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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