EANS-Voting Rights: Air Berlin PLC / Release of a voting rights announcement according to article 26, section 1.1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution

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Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name: BlueBay Asset Management plc
Place: 77 Grosvenor Street, London W1K 3JR
State: United Kingdom

Company data:
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Name: Air Berlin PLC
Address: The Hour House, High Street 32, WD3 1ER Rickmansworth, Herts
Place: Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
State: United Kingdom

31.08.2009

BlueBay Asset Management plc and The BlueBay Multi-Strategy (Master)
Fund Limited informed us on 27 August 2009 that The BlueBay
Multi-Strategy (Master) Fund Limited and BlueBay Funds in respect of
its sub-fund, BlueBay Global Convertible Bond Fund (collectively,
"The Funds") acquired convertible bonds of Air Berlin PLC on 25
August 2009, which bonds, if converted into shares during the
conversion period from 17 November 2009 to 15 August 2014, would
convert into 3,990,080 voting ordinary shares of Air Berlin PLC. This
figure represents 5.20% of Air Berlin PLC's voting rights based on
current issued and outstanding shares and 3.70% of its voting rights
on a fully-diluted basis. The Bonds acquired by BlueBay
Multi-Strategy (Master) Fund Limited would, if converted into shares
during the conversion period referred to above, convert into
2,543,676 voting ordinary shares of Air Berlin PLC, which represents
3.31% of its voting rights based on current issued and outstanding
shares and 2.35% of its voting rights on a fully-diluted basis.
BlueBay Asset Management plc manages the assets of the funds.

end of announcement euro adhoc
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ots Originaltext: Air Berlin PLC & Co Luftverkehrs KG
Im Internet recherchierbar: http://www.presseportal.de

Further inquiry note:

Branche: Air Transport
ISIN: GB00B128C026
WKN: AB1000
Index: SDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
Börsen: Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Berlin / free trade
Hamburg / free trade
Stuttgart / free trade
Düsseldorf / free trade
München / free trade