Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3679N
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 fund

Yes

 

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

 

M&G Investment Funds 3

 

 

4.  Full name of shareholder(s)

     (if different from 3.):

 

Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MKK01

 

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

21,000,000

21,000,000

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Percentage of
voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

23,300,000

23,300,000

 

5.41%

 

 

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

23,300,000

5.41%

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

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:

 

 

With reference to item 3, M&G Investments Funds 3 is an Open Ended Investment Company (OEIC) and is not a Prudential group company and must be separately disclosed.

 

This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G Investment Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) and will have been previously attributed to Prudential plc solely on the basis that M&G Investment Management Ltd has direct fund management control over the  shares identified in this notification.

 

Therefore the 5.41% holding being disclosed in this notification is encompassed in the 6.51% already disclosed under The Prudential plc group of companies and is NOT in addition to it.

 

 

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                        +44 (0) 1582 525 254

 

Media:

Paul Moore,  Communications                                       +44 (0) 1582 525 252

 


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