Based on the authorisation by the AGM held on 7 May 2008, the Management Board of TUI AG (“TUI”) resolved today, with the consent of TUI's Supervisory Board, to issue convertible bonds (the "Bonds") in the total principal amount of approximately 350,000,000 euro and maturity due 2016, which are convertible into TUI ordinary shares. In connection with the issue of the new Bonds, as of today TUI invites holders of its outstanding 5.125% bonds due December 2012 (ISINs XS0237431837 / XS0237433700) and its outstanding 2.750% bonds due September 2012 (ISIN DE000TUAG091) to tender their bonds for cash. The completion of the tender offer and the aggregate amount of bonds to be purchased under such offer will be determined by TUI based on the successful offering of the Bonds and the net issue proceeds.
The combined transaction will extend TUI’s debt maturity profile.
TUI will offer the Bonds for subscription to its shareholders in an aggregate principal amount of approximately 350,000,000 euro, with up to 28,597,575 TUI ordinary shares underlying the Bonds. The Bonds will be issued by TUI, and their maturity will be 5 years.
The Bonds will be offered for subscription to the shareholders of TUI during a subscription period from 8 March 2011 to 21 March 2011 (inclusive). The subscription ratio is expected to be 44 : 1 so that shareholders of TUI are entitled to subscribe 1 Bond for each 44 existing shares with an initial conversion ratio of 5. Based on the authorisation by the AGM held on 7 May 2008, the Management Board of TUI also resolved, with today’s consent of the Supervisory Board, to exclude subscription rights for fractional amounts resulting from the subscription ratio.
No subscription rights trading on any stock exchange is organised or envisaged by TUI or by the Subscription Agent or any of the Joint Bookrunners. The subscription offer will be published today in the electronic version of the Federal Gazette (elektronischer Bundesanzeiger).
TUI intends to include the new Bonds (ISIN DE000TUAG158) in the Open Market (Freiverkehr) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange no later than 31 March 2011. However, the completion of the offering of the Bonds is not conditional upon the Bonds being admitted to trading. The offering of the Bonds is scheduled to be completed on 21 March 2011, and the tender offer is expected to end on 24 March 2011.
BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Global Markets Limited and UniCredit Bank AG act as Joint Bookrunners, and UniCredit Bank AG acts as Subscription Agent in this transaction. The Joint Bookrunners have agreed to offer the Bonds for purchase to selected institutional investors outside of the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Japan and any other jurisdiction in which offers or sales would be prohibited by applicable law by way of bookbuilding, subject to the exercise by shareholders of their subscription rights.
The Management Board is expected to determine the final terms and conditions of the Bonds with the consent of the Supervisory Board during the first week of the subscription period, but in any case no later than 11 March 2011 on the basis of the results of the bookbuilding.
This press release does not contain or constitute an offer of, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for securities.
The Joint Bookrunners are acting on behalf of the Issuer and no one else in connection with the offering of the Bonds and will not be responsible to any other person for providing the protections afforded to clients of the Joint Bookrunners, or for providing advice in relation to the securities.