24.01.2012 – 14:58

Air Berlin PLC

EANS-Adhoc: Capital raising of Air Berlin PLC completed after closing of investment agreement with Etihad

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capital raising - investment agreement Etihad 

24.01.2012

Ad-hoc Notification Pursuant to § 15 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG)

London, 24 January 2012 - Air Berlin PLC announces that it has issued 31,574,312
new shares under exclusion of the pre-emptive rights of Air Berlin PLC´s
existing shareholders on the basis of a set price of EUR 2.31 per share for
subscription by Etihad today by way of a capital raising and has in return
received an amount of EUR 72,936,660.72 after the investment agreement of 19
December 2011 was consummated today following the fulfilment of all closing
conditions.
The new shares will rank pari passu with the outstanding ordinary shares of Air
Berlin PLC. The admission of the new shares to trading is intended to occur at a
later date.

Air Berlin PLC The Hour House 32 High Street Rickmansworth WD3 1ER Hertfordshire
Great Britain ISIN GB00B128C026, WKN AB1000, (Share) on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange (Regulated Market, Prime Standard) ISIN DE000A0NQ9H6 (Convertible Bonds
2007) Euro MTF Market on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange ISIN DE000AB100A6 (Bond
2010), ISIN DE000AB100B4 (Bond April 2011) and ISIN DE000AB100C2 (Bond November
2011) each of the three bonds segment Bondm of the open market on the Stuttgart
Stock Exchange and Main Securities Market on the Irish Stock Exchange


Further inquiry note:
Ingolf Hegner
Head of Investor Relations
+49 (0)30 3434 1590 
ihegner@airberlin.com

end of announcement                               euro adhoc 
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issuer:      Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG
             The Hour House, High Street 32
             UK-WD3 1ER Rickmansworth, Herts
phone:       +49 (0)30 3434 1500
FAX:         +49 (0)30/3434-1509
mail:         abpresse@airberlin.com
WWW:         http://www.airberlin.com
sector:      Air Transport
ISIN:        GB00B128C026
indexes:     SDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart,
             regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt 
language:   English