Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6351E
easyJet PLC
23 December 2009
 





TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES



1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are

attached:
 

easyJet plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

                    Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached


An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


Other (please specify):



3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:
 

FMR LLC

4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
 (if different from 3.):



FMR LLC is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), Investment manager for US mutual funds and FIL Management Trust Company (FMTC) and Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company (PGATC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts and Pyramis Global Advisors LLC (PGALLC)

SHARES HELD

NOMINEE

MANAGEMENT COMPANY

657,100

JP MORGAN CHASE BANK

FMR

18,433,647

JP MORGAN CHASE BANK

FMRCO

169,400

NORTHERN TRUST CO

FMRCO

307,100

STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO

FMR

1,619,900

STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO

FMRCO


5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or

reached:
 

21 December 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

22 December 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
 

5%

  

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares 

Class/type of
shares


if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the 
triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of

Shares

Number
of

V
oting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights 


Direct 

Indirect 

Direct

Indirect

GB0001641991

22,634,100

22,634,100

21,187,147


21,187,147


4.97%



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date
 

Exercise/ 
Conversion Period

Number of voting
rights that may be

acquired if the

instrument is

exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights







C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date 

Exercise/
Conversion period
 

Number of voting rights instrument refers to


% of voting rights 








Nominal

Delta




Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 

21,187,147

 

4.97%

  

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
 


See information in  section 4 above.


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

FMR LLC

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:

1,446,953

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:

21 December 2009



13. Additional information:


None 

14. Contact name:

Amanda Chana


fil-regreporting@fil.com

 



15. Contact telephone number:




Contact Name and telephone number at easyJet plc for enquiries:


Rachel Kentleton - Investor Relations:       07961 754 468

Oliver Aust - Corporate Communications: 01582 525 973



23 December 2009



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