Lufthansa investor Thiele seeks talks with German government: Handelsblatt

Lufthansa's biggest shareholder, German billionaire Heinz Hermann Thiele, has reached out to Berlin politicians for talks, Handelsblatt said, the latest step in a standoff over the airline's 9 billion euro bailout.

FILE PHOTO: Lufthansa presents its new logo during a press event in a maintenance hangar of the airline at the airport in Frankfurt am Main, Germany February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph OrlowskiFRANKFURT: Lufthansa's biggest shareholder, German billionaire Heinz Hermann Thiele, has reached out to Berlin politicians for talks, Handelsblatt said, the latest step in a standoff over the airline's 9 billion euro bailout.

Lufthansa shareholders need to approve the rescue package but Thiele, who has ammassed a 15per cent Lufthansa stake, has criticised bailout terms and is raising more cash by selling down 760 million euros worth of shares in rail and commercial vehicle supplier Knorr-Bremse .The entrepreneur is against Germany taking a stake of up to 20per cent in the airline, terms which Lufthansa and the German government have agreed to as part of the planned rescue of the company.

Lufthansa fears that Thiele's lack of approval for a bailout deal could bring down the rescue package at next week's Annual General Meeting on June 25.

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