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                        [phone]

Media:

Paul Moore,  Communications                                       [phone]

 

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