Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6351E

easyJet PLC

23 December 2009

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		FMR LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s)   (if different from 3.): FMR LLC is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), Investment manager for US mutual funds and FIL Management Trust Company (FMTC) and Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company (PGATC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts and Pyramis Global Advisors LLC (PGALLC)		SHARES HELD NOMINEE MANAGEMENT COMPANY 657,100 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK FMR 18,433,647 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK FMRCO 169,400 NORTHERN TRUST CO FMRCO 307,100 STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO FMR 1,619,900 STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO FMRCO
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		21 December 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:		22 December 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0001641991

22,634,100

22,634,100

21,187,147

21,187,147

4.97%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/  Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

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

21,187,147

4.97%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
See information in  section 4 above.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		FMR LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		1,446,953
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		21 December 2009
13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	Amanda Chana [e-mail]
15. Contact telephone number:

Contact Name and telephone number at easyJet plc for enquiries:

Rachel Kentleton - Investor Relations:       07961 754 468

Oliver Aust - Corporate Communications: 01582 525 973

23 December 2009

 

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