EANS-Voting Rights: TUI AG
Release according to article 26, section 1 WpHG
(Securities Trading Act) with the aim of Europe-wide distribution
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Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Announcement according to Article 27a, Section 1 of the WpHG
Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name: see below
Place: see below
State: see below
Mr. Alexey Mordashov, Russia, Sungrebe Investments Limited, Tortola, British
Virgin Islands, Artcone Limited, Limassol, Cyprus, and S-Group Travel Holding
GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany, informed us on 8 September 2011 pursuant to section
21, paragraph 1 WpHG that they exceeded the threshold of 25% of the voting
rights in TUI AG, Hanover, Germany, on 5 September 2011 each and at that point
in time held 25.06% (63,081,108 voting shares).
Mr. Alexey Mordashov, Russia, Sungrebe Investments Limited, Tortola, British
Virgin Islands, Artcone Limited, Limassol, Cyprus, and S-Group Travel Holding
GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany, informed us on 8 September 2011 pursuant to section
27a of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) about the following:
1. Aims underlying the purchase of the voting rights (section 27a, paragraph 1,
sentence 3 of the WpHG)
a) The investment is aimed at implementing strategic objectives.
b) The notifying parties intend to acquire further voting rights in TUI AG
within the next twelve months by means of a purchase or by other means.
c) The notifying parties do not intend to exert an influence on the appointment
or removal of members of TUIs management board or supervisory board other than
by exercise of the voting rights held by S-Group Travel Holding GmbH in
elections to the supervisory board in shareholders meetings.
d)The notifying parties do not intend to achieve a material change in TUIs
capital structure, including as regards the ratio between own funds and external
funds and the dividend policy.
2. Origin of the funds used to purchase the voting rights (section 27a,
paragraph 1, sentence 4 of the WpHG)
The notifying parties have used partly own funds and partly external funds in
order to finance the purchase of the voting rights.
Berlin/Hanover, September 2011
TUI AG
The Executive Board
Further inquiry note:
Investor Relations Kontakt:
Björn Beroleit, Telefon: +49 (0) 511 566 1310
Nicola Gehrt, Telefon: +49 (0) 511 566 1435
Media Kontakt:
Uwe Kattwinkel, Telefon: +49 (0) 511 566 1417
Robin Zimmermann, Telefon: +49 (0) 511 566 1488
end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: TUI AG
Karl-Wiechert-Allee 4
D-30625 Hannover
phone: +49(0)511 566 - 1425
FAX: +49(0)511 566 - 1096
mail: investor.relations@tui.com
WWW: http://www.tui-group.com
sector: Transport
ISIN: DE000TUAG000
indexes: MDAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, regulated dealing:
Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Hannover, München
language: English
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