Aer Lingus Group plc - EGM Requisition

RNS Number : 2915S

Ryanair Holdings PLC

17 November 2011

 



17 November 2011

Mr Donal Moriarty

Company Secretary

Aer Lingus Group plc

Head Office

Dublin Airport

Co Dublin

OPEN LETTER

Re:      EGM Requisition

Dear Donal,

I refer to my previous letter dated 14 November, and note that we still await your reply.

Having now met your requirements for a properly requisitioned EGM notice, personally signed by myself, can you please confirm when we may expect this EGM to be called?  We note that your solicitors Arthur Cox have written another meaningless and legally inaccurate letter to A&L Goodbody, dated 15 November, but this letter fails to explain whether the Board of Aer Lingus has considered Ryanair's EGM requisition notice, and when we may expect your Directors to proceed to convene this EGM as indicated by the letter from the ODCE.

Perhaps you would do us the courtesy, as your largest minority shareholder, of replying directly, rather than wasting further time and resources getting your lawyers to make spurious claims to our lawyers.

The Aer Lingus Board is obliged to convene an EGM, when properly requisitioned by a 10% shareholder. The Board and Directors of Aer Lingus must now comply with Irish Company Law and the EU Shareholder Rights Directive in this matter.

Finally, should Aer Lingus, or your lawyers, wish to make legal points in relation to either Resolution 1 or Resolution 2, they are of course free to do so at the EGM, when convened.  It will ultimately be a matter for shareholders to decide on these resolutions and clearly shareholders will take into account any points made by Aer Lingus or your lawyers on the content of the two proposed resolutions.

Yours sincerely,

_______________

Juliusz Komorek

Company Secretary

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