Air Berlin PLC & Co Luftverkehrs KG
EANS-Adhoc: Air Berlin PLC reorganises management
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ad-hoc disclosure pursuant to section 15 of the WpHG transmitted by euro adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Berlin PLC - Board 19.09.2012 Ad hoc notification pursuant to Sec. 15 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) London, 19 September 2012 - In a comprehensive reorganisation of the company's management structure, the Board of Directors of Air Berlin PLC will be scaled down from currently 15 to 10 board members effective 1 October 2012. The Board of Directors will focus on the strategic management of the company. The operative management of the company will be entrusted to a newly established body, the Management Board. Members of the Management Board will be Chief Executive Officer Hartmut Mehdorn, Chief Financial Officer Ulf Hüttmeyer, Chief Commercial Officer Paul Gregorowitsch and Chief Operating Officer Helmut Himmelreich, as well as the new Chief Strategy and Planning Officer Wolfgang Prock-Schauer and Chief Human Resources Officer Dr. Martina Niemann. In this context, Mr Hüttmeyer, Mr Gregorowitsch and Mr Himmelreich will leave the Board of Directors effective 1 October 2012. Accordingly, the Board of Directors of Air Berlin PLC will consist of the current Non-Executive Directors Dr. Hans-Joachim Körber as Chairman, James Hogan as Vice-Chairman, Joachim Hunold, Niki Lauda, James Rigney, Ali Sabanci, Heinz-Peter Schlüter, Nicholas Teller and Johannes Zurnieden as well as Hartmut Mehdorn as Executive Director. In mutual agreement, the current Non-Executive Directors Peter R. Oberegger and Saad H. Hammad have resigned from the Board of Directors effective 1 October 2012. The company will continue to be managed in accordance with the requirements of the UK Corporate Governance Code. Air Berlin PLC The Hour House 32 High Street Rickmansworth WD3 1ER Hertford-shire Great Britain ISIN GB00B128C026, WKN AB1000, (Share) on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Regulated Market, Prime Standard) ISIN DE000A0NQ9H6 (Con-vertible 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 SVP Investor Relations +49 (0)30 3434 1590 ingolf.hegner@airberlin.com end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- issuer: Air Berlin PLC 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