DGAP-Ad-hoc: Air Berlin PLC / Key word(s): Insolvency
Air Berlin PLC: NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH filed a petition for the opening of insolvency proceedings

13-Dec-2017 / 19:26 CET/CEST
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NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH filed a petition for the opening of insolvency proceedings

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London, 13 December 2017 - Following the failed acquisition of NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH by entities of the Deutsche Lufthansa group and as no other purchaser could be found at short notice, the management of NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH today filed with the local court of Berlin-Charlottenburg a petition for the opening of insolvency proceedings over the assets of NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH.

NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH will discontinue to operate further flights for the time being.

Person making the notification:
Friedrich Floto, Senior Vice President Group Finance & Investor Relations
Email: ir@airberlin.com

Air Berlin PLC c/o Browne Jacobson LLP, 6 Bevis Marks, Bury Court, London, EC3A 7BA, United Kingdom; ISIN GB00B128C026, WKN AB1000 (Share), Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Regulated Market, Prime Standard); ISIN DE000AB100B4 (Bond April 2011 and January 2014), Bondm segment of the open market of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange and Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange; ISIN DE000A1HGM38 (Convertible Bonds 2013), Open Market Frankfurt Stock Exchange; ISIN XS1051719786 (EUR Bond May 2014), Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange; ISIN XS1051723895 (CHF Bond May 2014), SIX Swiss Exchange and Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange; ISIN DE000A19DMC0 (Convertible Bonds 2017), Open Market Frankfurt Stock Exchange

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Language: English
Company: Air Berlin PLC
6 Bevis Marks, Bury Court
EC3A 7BA London
United Kingdom
Phone: +49 (0)30 3434 159 0
Fax: +49 (0)30 3434 159 9
E-mail: ir@airberlin.com
Internet: ir.airberlin.com
ISIN: GB00B128C026, DE000AONQ9H6, DE000AB100B4, DE000A1HGM38, XS1051719786, XS1051723895
WKN: AB1000
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart; Luxemburg, SIX

 
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