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FRANKFURT/BERLIN, Dec 2 (Reuters) - TUI secured a third
bailout on Wednesday, striking a deal with the German
government, private investors and banks for an extra 1.8 billion
euros ($2.2 billion) as the world's largest holiday company
tries to ride out the coronavirus-linked travel slump.
London-listed TUI has already received 3 billion
euros in state loans this year and the latest government aid
prompted calls from opposition lawmakers for Berlin to ensure
that it came with strings attached.
TUI, which last year took 23 million people on
holiday, lost 1.1 billion euros in the second quarter after the
COVID-19 pandemic brought global travel to a halt.
The travel slump has wiped out TUI's revenue and strained
its balance sheet as it burned through between 550 million euros
and 650 million euros a month.
TUI's largest shareholder, Russian billionaire Alexey
Mordashov, who owns 25% of the company, said he is expanding his
investment as part of the capital measures.
Mordashov's stake will increase to 36% if he gets an
exemption from financial watchdog Bafin from making a mandatory
takeover offer. Otherwise, he will hike it to 29.9%.
Including the new rescue package, TUI now has 2.5 billion
euros as of the end of November, its chief executive Fritz
Joussen said, adding that TUI was healthy before the crisis and
now has the funds to prepare for life after the pandemic.
The package comes with a ban on management bonuses and
dividends, a German economy ministry spokeswoman said.
However, budget lawmaker Sven-Christian Kindler from the
opposition Greens called on the government to include strict
rules on climate and job protection into the package.
"The federal government must not repeat the same mistakes it
made with the Lufthansa rescue deal," Kindler said, referring to
a bailout of Germany's flagship airline in June.
The new TUI rescue package includes a 500 million euro
capital increase with subscription rights and a 420 million euro
so-called silent participation from Germany's economic support
fund WSF, which can be converted into equity at any time.
It also includes a non-convertible equity hybrid from WSF
worth 280 million euros, a state guarantee of 400 million euros,
an extra 200 million euro credit facility from state bank KfW
and the extension of an existing KfW facility to July 2022.
The nominal price of TUI's shares will be reduced to 1 euro
from 2.56 euros, followed by a rights issues of 509 million new
shares, which shareholders still need to sign off at an
extraordinary general meeting in January.
Some of the proceeds will be used to repay 300 million
senior notes of TUI due in October 2021.
Bank of America, Barclays, Citi and Deutsche Bank are
organising the capital hike.
($1 = 0.8301 euros)
(Editing by Emma Thomasson and Alexander Smith)