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

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ad-hoc disclosure pursuant to section 15 of the WpHG transmitted by euro
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responsible for the content of this announcement.
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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