RNS Number:6879L
TUI Travel PLC
14 January 2008




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|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                             |
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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of|TUI Travel PLC                     |
|existing shares to which voting rights are attached: |                                   |
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|2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                                      |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                |             |
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|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the|Yes          |
|acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached   |             |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                           |Yes          |
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|Other (please specify):______________                                      |             |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to        |TUI AG, a company incorporated in Germany   |
|notification obligation:                    |whose registered office is at               |
|                                            |Karl-Wiechert-Allee 4, 20625 Hannover.      |
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different|As above                                    |
|from 3):                                    |                                            |
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|5. Date of transaction (and date on which   |09 January 2008                             |
|the threshold is crossed or reached if      |                                            |
|different):                                 |                                            |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:           |11 January 2008                             |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or      |3% and each 1% thereafter up to 51%         |
|reached:                                    |                                            |
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|8: Notified Details                                                                                   |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                   |
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|Class/type of   |Situation previous to  |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction         |
|shares          |the triggering         |                                                             |
|                |transaction            |                                                             |
|If possible use +-----------+-----------+-------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
|ISIN code       |Number of  |Number of  |Number of    |Number of voting rights|Percentage of voting   |
|                |shares     |voting     |shares       |                       |rights                 |
|                |           |rights     |             +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|                |           |           |             |           |           |           |           |
|                |           |           |             |           |           |           |           |
|                |           |           |             |Direct     |Indirect   |Direct     |Indirect   |
+----------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|Ordinary 570,185,461 570,185,461 570,185,461 450,663,548 119,521,913 40.3% 10.7%                      |
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+----------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

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|B: Financial Instruments                                                        |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                            |
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|Type of        |Expiration date|Exercise/       |No. of voting  |Percentage of  |
|financial      |               |conversion      |rights that may|voting rights  |
|instrument     |               |period/date     |be acquired (if|               |
|               |               |                |the instrument |               |
|               |               |                |exercised/     |               |
|               |               |                |converted)     |               |
+---------------+---------------+----------------+---------------+---------------+
|Call Option    |9 March 2013   |From 16 January |119,521,913    |               |
|               |               |2011 to 9 March |               |               |
|               |               |2013, subject to|               |               |
|               |               |certain events  |               |               |
|               |               |allowing for    |               |               |
|               |               |earlier         |               |               |
|               |               |exercise.       |               |               |
|               |               |                |               |               |
|               |               |                |               |               |
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|Total (A+B)                                                                  |
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|Number of voting rights               |Percentage of voting rights           |
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|570,185,461                           |51% (see additional information in 13 |
|                                      |below)                                |
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or  |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:               |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                |
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|10. Name of 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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|13. Additional information:           |The TUI Travel PLC shares in which TUI|
|                                      |AG has an indirect interest (as       |
|                                      |referred to in 8A above) are the same |
|                                      |shares as those which it has a right  |
|                                      |to acquire under the call option (as  |
|                                      |referred to in 8B above).             |
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|14 Contact name:                      |Joyce Walter                          |
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|15. Contact telephone name:           |01293 645748                          |
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