Holding(s) in Company-Replace

easyJet PLC 03 July 2003 The following replaces the Holding in Company announcement released 03 July 2003 at 09:08 under RNS number 1089N. Amendments have been made to bullets 10 and 14. All other details remain unchanged, and the full amended text appears below. SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company easyJet plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest easyGroup Limited 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 easyGroup Limited 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them easyGroup Limited 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 6. Percentage of issued class 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed 7,500,000 8. Percentage of issued class 1.91 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 25p each 10. Date of transaction 4.5 million shares on 2 July 2003 3.0 million shares on 10 June 2003 11. Date company informed 2 July 2003 12. Total holding following this notification 78,076,451 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 19.84 14. Any additional information Statement from Stelios Haji-Ioannou, on behalf of easyGroup Limited, 'I will use the proceeds to top up my fighting fund in the battle between my latest venture, easyCinema, and the Hollywood studios who want to maintain high prices for the consumer.' Additional statement by Stelios Haji-Ioannou 'Regarding today's earlier announcement by easyJet PLC regarding the sale of 7,500,000 shares by myself, I would like to clarify the following: 1) the date of the transaction stated as 2nd of July 2003 relates to 4,500,000 of the above shares. 2) the first bloc trade for 3,000,000 shares occurred on the 10th of June 2003 3) the bloc trade of the 10th of June, 2003 was not notified to the company because I was under the impression that my interest in the company did not go through a 'percentage level' as defined in the relevant act. This is because I was personally relying on calculations I performed using the number of shares in issue as at November 2002, the time I stepped down from the board of the company. 4) in fact the company did issue an additional 1.9 million shares approximately since that time mostly as a result of several employees exercising their stock options. 5) it was only late last night that I became aware of the fact that my interest did go through a 'percentage level' by less than 2 basis points on the 10th of June. I now know that some of easyGroup's advisors and employees did know of the additional shares in issue but they failed to notify myself. 6) I understand this sort of oversight is common amongst fund managers due to the generally prevailing confusion about the correct number of shares in issue. In future, I will make sure that I am personally more up-to-date with the current of shares in issue at any given time.' 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Toby Nicol 01582 525339 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Deborah Woodward, Company Secretary Date of notification 3 July 2003 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this document or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission. The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained in it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document or any such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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