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Capital raising of Air Berlin PLC completed after closing of investment agreement with Etihad

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24-Jan-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