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: BlusBay 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

London, 6 November 2009 - BlueBay Asset Management plc and The BlueBay
Multi-Strategy (Master) Fund Limited informed us on 6 November 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") held
convertible bonds of Air Berlin PLC on 19 October 2009, which bonds, if
converted into shares during the conversion period from 17 November 2009 to 15
August 2014, would convert into 4,842,377 voting ordinary shares of Air Berlin
PLC. This figure represents, due to a recently carried out capital increase,
5.68% (formerly 6.38%) of Air Berlin PLC's voting rights based on current issued
and outstanding shares and 3.96% (formerly 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, due to a recently carried out capital increase, 3.66% (formerly
4.06%) of its voting rights based on current issued and outstanding shares and
2.55% (formerly 2.89%) 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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issuer: Air Berlin PLC
The Hour House, High Street 32
UK-WD3 1ER Rickmansworth, Herts
phone: +49 (0)30 3434 1500
FAX: +49 (0)30/3434-1049
mail: abpresse@airberlin.com
WWW: http://www.airberlin.com
sector: Air Transport
ISIN: GB00B128C026
indexes: SDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München
language: English

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