Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3673N

easyJet PLC

31 August 2011

 

TR-1:    Notifications of Major Interests 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 notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		No
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		No
Other (please specify):	Due to In-specie transfer of funds	Yes

3.  Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Prudential plc group of companies
4.  Full name of shareholder(s)      (if different from 3.):	Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MHF01 Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MKK01 Nortrust Noms Limited Nortrust Noms Limited A/C PUF01 Nortrust Noms Limited A/C PUI01 Nortrust Noms Limited A/C PUR01 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC PUT UK GROWTH QIS
5.  Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):	25 August 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	30 August 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	See Item 13

8.    Notified Details
A:   Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of share  If possible use ISIN code		GB0001641991
Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Number of shares		Number of voting rights
28,021,795		28,021,795
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
28,021,795	28,021,795		6.51%

B:   Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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
28,021,795	6.51%

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

Prudential plc (parent Company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) has moved above a 5% notifiable interest triggering this notification
14. Contact name:	James Todd / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7548 2293 / 020 7548 3266

Contact Name and telephone number at easyJet plc for enquiries:

Investor:

Chris Kennedy, Group Finance Director                        [phone]

Media:

Paul Moore,  Communications                                       [phone]

 

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