31st Aug 2011 16:06
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
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): |
Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MKK01
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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 | |||
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction | ||||
Number of shares | Number of voting rights | |||
21,000,000 | 21,000,000 | |||
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage ofvoting rights | ||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |
23,300,000 | 23,300,000 |
| 5.41% |
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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
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Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights
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| Nominal | Delta |
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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 thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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Proxy Voting:
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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:
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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.
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14. Contact name:
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James Todd / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited
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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
Related Shares:
easyJet