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