EANS-Adhoc: Air Berlin PLC reorganises management

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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
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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