TUI AG: After 737 MAX grounding: TUI secures additional flight capacity to guarantee customers' holidays / Update on guidance... (793413)

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TUI AG: After 737 MAX grounding: TUI secures additional flight capacity to 
guarantee customers' holidays / Update on guidance of underlying EBITA 
rebased for FY19 
 
29-March-2019 / 08:52 CET/CEST 
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according to REGULATION (EU) No 596/2014 (MAR), transmitted by EQS Group. 
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*Inside Information according to article 17 MAR* 
 
*After 737 MAX grounding: TUI secures additional flight capacity to 
guarantee customers' holidays / Update on guidance of underlying EBITA1 
rebased for FY19* 
 
*Hanover, 29 March 2019*. Following the grounding of the 737 MAX aircraft, 
TUI has made arrangements in order to guarantee customers' holidays. The 
Group is utilising spare aircraft of its fleet, extending expiring leases 
for aircraft that were supposed to be replaced by 737 MAX aircraft, as well 
as leasing in additional aircraft. TUI's fleet, which comprises around 150 
aircraft, currently includes 15 grounded 737 MAX for the UK, Belgium, the 
Netherlands and Sweden. A further eight 737 MAX are scheduled for delivery 
by the end of May 2019. 
 
*Considerable uncertainty around when the 737 MAX will return to service* 
No dates have yet been announced for modifications of the existing aircraft 
model by the manufacturer, neither for approval of such modifications by the 
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety 
Agency (EASA). Therefore, TUI has taken precautions along with other 
airlines, covering the time until mid-July, in order to be prepared for the 
Easter-, Whitsun- and start of the summer holiday season and to secure 
holidays for its customers and their families. 
 
*Update on guidance for underlying EBITA1 rebased* 
Assuming 737 MAX flight resumption latest by mid-July, the Group currently 
expects to see a one-off impact on underlying EBITA1 rebased of approx. EUR 
200m in connection with the 737 MAX grounding. This impact is especially 
attributable to costs related to the replacement of aircraft, higher fuel 
costs, other disruption costs, and the anticipated impact on trading. As a 
result of this one-off impact, the Executive Board of TUI AG has decided 
today to update the guidance and now expects an underlying EBITA1 rebasedfor 
FY19 of approx. minus 17% (previously 'broadly flat') compared with FY18 of 
EUR 1,177m2. 
 
Should it not become clear within the coming weeks that flying the 737 MAX 
will resume by mid-July, TUI will need to extend the abovementioned measures 
until the end of the summer season. The current assumption for this 
additional one-off impact until 30 September 2019 is up to EUR 100m. For 
this scenario the Executive Board of TUI AG has also decided today to update 
the guidance for the underlying EBITA1 rebasedfor FY19 to up to minus 26% 
compared with FY18 of EUR 1,177m2. 
 
*TUI Group's management is holding a conference call on 29 March 2019, at 
02:00pm GMT (03:00pm CET) to give more insight on the ad-hoc announcement. 
 
The dial in details for the call will follow in shortly. * 
 
*Contact:* 
 
*Analysts & Investors* 
Peter Krueger, Group Director of Strategy, M&A and Investor Relations, Tel: 
+49 (0)511 566 1440 
 
Contacts for Analysts and Investors in UK, Ireland and Americas 
Sarah Coomes, Head of Investor Relations, Tel: +44 (0)1293 645 827 
Hazel Chung, Senior Investor Relations Manager, Tel: +44 (0)1293 645 823 
 
Contacts for Analysts and Investors in Continental Europe, Middle East and 
Asia 
Nicola Gehrt, Head of Investor Relations, Tel: +49 (0)511 566 1435 
Ina Klose, Senior Investor Relations Manager, Tel: +49 (0)511 566 1318 
 
*Media* 
 
Kuzey Alexander Esener, Head of Media Relations, Tel: +49 (0)511 566 6024 
 
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 
 
This announcement contains a number of statements related to the future 
development of TUI. These statements are based both on assumptions and 
estimates. Although we are convinced that these future-related statements 
are realistic, we cannot guarantee them, for our assumptions involve risks 
and uncertainties which may give rise to situations in which the actual 
results differ substantially from the expected ones. The potential reasons 
for such differences include market fluctuations, the development of world 
market fluctuations, the development of world market commodity prices, the 
development of exchange rates or fundamental changes in the economic 
environment. TUI does not intend or assume any obligation to update any 
forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date 
of this announcement. 
 
1 Underlying EBITA has been adjusted for gains/losses on disposal of 
investments, restructuring costs according to IAS 37, ancillary acquisition 
costs and conditional purchase price payments under purchase price 
allocations and other expenses for and income from one-off items. EBITA 
comprises earnings before interest, taxes and goodwill impairments. It 
includes amortisation of other intangible assets and it does not include the 
result from the measurement of interest hedges. 
 
2 Rebased in December 2018 to EUR 1,187m to take into account EUR 40m impact 
for revaluation of Euro loans balances within Turkish Lira entities in FY18 
and further rebased to EUR 1,177m for retrospective application of IFRS 15. 
 
Contact: 
Peter Krueger, Member of the Group Executive Committee - Group Director 
Strategy, M&A & Investor Relations, Tel: +49 (0)511 566 1425 
 
Contacts for Analysts and Investors in UK, Ireland and Americas 
 
Sarah Coomes, Head of Investor Relations, Tel: +44 (0)1293 645 827 
 
Hazel Chung, Investor Relations Manager, Tel: +44 (0)1293 645 823 
 
Contacts for Analysts and Investors in Continental Europe, Middle East and 
Asia 
 
Nicola Gehrt, Head of Investor Relations, Tel: +49 (0)511 566 1435 
 
Ina Klose, Investor Relations Manager, Tel: +49 (0)511 566 1318 
 
ISIN:           DE000TUAG000 
Category Code:  MSCU 
TIDM:           TUI 
LEI Code:       529900SL2WSPV293B552 
OAM Categories: 2.2. Inside information 
Sequence No.:   7992 
EQS News ID:    793413 
 
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