The Thiele family, Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s second-largest shareholder, sold more than half of its stake in the airline group following the death of Heinz Hermann Thiele, the bookrunner said in a statement.
KB Holding GmbH, Thiele family’s investment vehicle, sold 33 million of its 60 million shares, the statement said, at a placement price of 9.80 euros per share.
Heinz Hermann Thiele, majority owner of German braking systems maker Knorr-Bremse, died in February at the age of 79.
Thiele had acquired a major stake in Lufthansa and became a highly visible public figure last year when portrayed as the main obstacle to the state bailout the airline needed to survive the coronavirus crisis.
Morgan Stanley Europe SE was acting as bookrunner for the sale.
Bloomberg News reported the sale earlier on Thursday.
Earlier this month Reuters reported that the airline was working with Deutsche Bank and Bank of America to sound out investors about a capital increase worth roughly 3 billion euros, possibly as soon as June, to repay a government bailout in 2020.
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