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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28.09.2009

Person/company obliged to make the notification:

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Name: BlueBay Asset Management plc
Place: London W1K 3JR
State: UK

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

BlueBay Asset Management plc and The BlueBay Multi-Strategy(Master)Fund
Limited informed us on 25 September 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 September 2009, which bonds, if converted into
shares during the conversion period from 17 November 2009 to 15 August 2014,
would convert into 4,900,317 voting ordinary shares of Air Berlin PLC. This
figure represents 6.38% of Air Berlin PLC's voting rights based on current
issued and outstanding shares and 4.54% 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 3,117,250 voting ordinary shares of Air Berlin PLC, which represents 4.06%
of its voting rights based on current issued and outstanding shares and 2.89% of
its voting rights on a fully-diluted basis. BlueBay Asset Management plc manages
the assets of the funds.

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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