Placing of Nil Paid rights

easyJet PLC 19 June 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 June 2002 Not for release, distribution or publication in whole or in part outside the United Kingdom easyJet plc ('easyJet' or the 'Company') PLACING OF NIL PAID RIGHTS The Company has previously announced a 4 for 11 rights issue of new ordinary shares in the Company at 265 pence per Rights Issue Share. Taking into account the exercise of options under the easyJet Share Option Schemes between the date of publication of the Prospectus and the Record Date for the Rights Issue, the total number of shares to be issued in the Rights Issue is 104,428,223. easy Group Limited ('easyGroup') (the company through which Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the chairman of the Company, is indirectly interested in Ordinary Shares) currently holds 79,016,497 Ordinary Shares and is entitled to 28,733,271 Nil Paid Rights. Polys Holdings Limited ('Polys Holdings') and Clelia Holdings Limited (Clelia Holdings') (the companies through which Stelios Haji-Ioannou's brother and sister are indirectly interested in Ordinary Shares) each currently hold 44,278,566 Ordinary Shares and are each entitled to 16,101,296 Nil Paid Rights. Elura Investments Limited ('Elura') (the company through which Ray Webster, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, is indirectly interested in Ordinary Shares) is currently beneficially interested in 1,943,616 Ordinary Shares and is entitled to 706,769 Nil Paid Rights. The Company has previously announced that easyGroup, Polys Holdings, Clelia Holdings and Elura (together the 'Placing Shareholders') have each undertaken to take up such number of their Nil Paid Rights as can be funded by the proceeds of sale of the balance of their rights entitlements. Following successful completion of a competitive bookbuilding exercise on 19 June 2002, the Placing Shareholders notified the Company on 19 June 2002 that a total of 47,569,301 Nil Paid Rights have been placed with institutional investors at a price of 80 pence per Nil Paid Right (the 'Placing'). Under the terms of the Placing, the placees have undertaken to the Underwriters to pay the Issue Price of 265 pence per Rights Issue Share and accordingly in aggregate are paying an amount equivalent to 345 pence per Rights Issue Share. Subject to the exercise of any of the rights of termination set out in the Placing Agreement prior to its completion, the Placing is expected to complete on 24 June 2002. Placees will not receive delivery of Nil Paid Rights but will (subject, inter alia, to fulfilment of the above undertaking) instead receive delivery of Rights Issue Shares on 9 July 2002. Of the 47,569,301 Nil Paid Rights that have been placed, 22,173,317 Nil Paid Rights have been placed on behalf of easyGroup, 12,425,287 Nil Paid Rights have been placed on behalf of Polys Holdings, 12,425,287 Nil Paid Rights have been placed on behalf of Clelia Holdings and 545,410 Nil Paid Rights have been placed on behalf of Elura. Accordingly, the number of Nil Paid Rights to be taken up by or on behalf of the Placing Shareholders in the Rights Issue will be 6,559,954 Nil Paid Rights by easyGroup, 3,676,009 Nil Paid Rights by Polys Holdings, 3,676,009 Nil Paid Rights by Clelia Holdings and 161,359 Nil Paid Rights on behalf of Elura. Following completion of the Placing and Rights Issue, easyGroup's interest in the Company will be in respect of 85,576,451 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 21.9 per cent of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company; the interests of Polys Holdings and Clelia Holdings will each be in respect of 47,954,575 Ordinary Shares in the Company, each representing approximately 12.2 per cent of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company; and Elura's interest will be in respect of 2,104,975 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.5 per cent of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company. Credit Suisse First Boston acted as sole Bookrunner to the Placing. Words and expressions defined in the Circular to Shareholders dated 23 May 2002 shall bear the same meaning as in this announcement. Enquiries Toby Nicol, easyJet +44 (0)1582 525339 Charles Cook, Grandfield +44 (0)20 7417 4170 Clare Abbot, Grandfield +44 (0)20 7417 4170 Credit Suisse First Boston Richard Crawley +44 (0)20 7888 8888 Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited is acting as sponsor and financial adviser to the Company with regard to the Rights Issue. Credit Suisse First Boston Equities Limited, UBS AG (acting through its business group UBS Warburg) and Salomon Brothers U.K. Equity Limited are acting as underwriters to the Company with regard to the Rights Issue. The contents of this announcement, which has been prepared and issued by, and is the sole responsibility of easyJet plc, have been approved solely for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 by Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited. Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited does not have any authority whatsoever to make any representation or warranty on behalf of easyJet plc or any other person in connection with the proposed Rights Issue or any other investment in securities of easyJet plc. Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited, Credit Suisse First Boston Equities Limited, UBS AG (acting through its business group UBS Warburg), UBS Warburg Ltd. and Salomon Brothers U.K. Equities Limited, who are regulated in the U.K. by the Financial Services Authority, are acting exclusively for easyJet plc and no-one else in connection with the Acquisition and the Rights Issue and (with the exception of UBS Warburg Ltd. and Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited) for the Placing Shareholders (as defined at page 17 of the Circular) in connection with the expected placing of certain Nil Paid Rights of the Placing Shareholders, and will not be responsible to anyone other than easyJet plc or the Placing Shareholders (as the case may be) for providing the protections afforded to their customers nor for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition, Rights Issue or the Placing. The address of Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited is One Cabot Square, London E14 4QJ. Prices and values of, and income from, shares or rights thereto may go down as well as up and an investor may not get back the amount invested. It should be noted that past performance is not a guide to future performance. Persons needing advice should consult an independent financial adviser. This announcement does not constitute or form part of, and should not be construed as, an offer for sale or subscription of, or solicitation of any offer to buy or subscribe for, any securities of easyJet plc nor should it or any part of it form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract or commitment whatsoever. Any decision in connection with the proposed Rights Issue should be made solely on the basis of the information contained in the Rights Issue Prospectus issued in connection with the Rights Issue. Without limitation to the foregoing, this announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in Canada, Japan, Australia, South Africa, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands or the Republic of Ireland, nor does it constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States or in any jurisdiction in which it would be illegal to make an offer. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration. Any public offering of securities in the United States must be made by means of a prospectus which would contain detailed information about the Company and its management, as well as financial statements. None of the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the New Ordinary Shares or the Provisional Allotment Letters have been or will be registered under (without limitation) the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the applicable securities laws of any state of the United States, any province or territory of Canada, Japan, Australia, South Africa, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands or the Republic of Ireland nor will they qualify for distribution under any of the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom where action for that purpose is required. Subject to certain exceptions, none of the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the New Ordinary Shares nor the Provisional Allotment Letters may be offered, sold, resold, delivered, transferred or renounced, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, South Africa, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands or the Republic of Ireland, or their respective territories or possessions. Accordingly, neither this announcement nor any copy of it may be taken, transmitted or distributed, directly or indirectly, into those jurisdictions, their territories or possessions or passed to residents, corporations or other entities organised under the laws of those jurisdictions, their territories or possessions or branches, agencies or affiliates of any such corporations or entities where action for that purpose is required. Certain statements made in this announcement are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on current expectations and assumptions and, by their nature, are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and performance to differ materially from any expected future results or performance, expressed or implied, by the forward-looking statement. The information and opinions contained in this announcement are subject to change without notice and easyJet plc assumes no responsibility to update any of the statements contained herein except to the extent required by law. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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