At today's 62nd Annual General Meeting of TUI AG, which was held virtually, attendance including votes cast corresponded to 49.76 per cent of the share capital (previous year 72.06 per cent). The shareholders discharged the members of the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board for the 2020 financial year. Dr Jutta Dönges was elected to the Supervisory Board for the first time with 87.38 per cent of the votes and Janina Kugel with 99.46 per cent of the votes. With the election of the two managers, the agreement reached with the Economic Stabilisation Fund (WSF) in the framework of the stabilisation measures was implemented. After the end of today's Annual General Meeting of TUI AG, the term of office of Supervisory Board members Peter Long (Deputy Chairman), Prof. Dr Edgar Ernst, Angelika Gifford and Alexey Mordashov ended as scheduled on the shareholder representatives' side. Prof. Dr Edgar Ernst and Alexey Mordashov were re-elected to the Supervisory Board as shareholder representatives. Peter Long resigned from the Supervisory Board with the regular expiry of his term of office, Angelika Gifford had already announced last year that she would reduce the number of her mandates and is also ending her activities on the TUI Supervisory Board. All other items on the agenda were approved by a large majority.
The TUI Group is one of the world's leading tourism groups and operates worldwide. The Group is headquartered in Germany. TUI shares are listed in the MDAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and in the regulated market of the Lower Saxony Stock Exchange in Hanover. TUI Group offers its 20 million customers integrated services from a single source and forms the entire tourism value chain under one roof. The Group owns over 400 hotels and resorts with premium brands such as RIU, TUI Blue and Robinson and 17 cruise ships, ranging from the MS Europa and MS Europa 2 in the luxury class and expedition ships in the HANSEATIC class to the Mein Schiff fleet of TUI Cruises and cruise ships operated by Marella Cruises in the UK. The Group also includes Europe's leading tour operator brands and online marketing platforms, for example for hotel-only or flight-only offers, five airlines with more than 130 modern medium- and long-haul aircraft and around 1,200 travel agencies. In addition to expanding its core business with hotels and cruises via successful joint ventures and activities in vacation destinations, TUI is increasingly focusing on the expansion of digital platforms. The Group is transforming itself into a global tourism platform company.
Global responsibility for sustainable economic, environmental and social action is at the heart of our corporate culture. With projects in 25 countries, the TUI Care Foundation initiated by TUI focuses on the positive effects of tourism, on education and training and on strengthening environmental and social standards. In this way, it supports the development of vacation destinations. The globally active TUI Care Foundation initiates projects that create new opportunities for the next generation.