Share ownership limitation

easyJet PLC 04 November 2005 easyJet plc - Share Ownership Limitation - Announcement easyJet plc (the 'Company') Limitation of share ownership Under the Company's Articles of Association, and as previously disclosed, the Company may limit the level of non-UK share ownership in it in order to protect easyJet's operating rights and status as a UK airline. This level (the ' Permitted Maximum') was set, at the time of the Company's flotation, at 40%. As at 31 October 2005, the percentage of shares owned by non UK Nationals was 40.0%. In order to provide greater flexibility for the Company's shareholders, the Directors have determined to increase the Permitted Maximum to 45%. The Directors are currently reviewing opportunities to operate outside the EEA and will therefore protect these rights by enforcing this new limit as it considers necessary. Potential enforcement actions set out in Articles 40.5 to 40.18 of the Articles include rights to suspend voting rights, refusal to register share transfers and to force disposals of shares owned by certain non-UK shareholders. 4 November 2005 Toby Nicol, Corporate Communications +44 (0) 1582 525339 Andrew Barker, Investor Relations +44 (0) 1582 525982 Note to Editors: 1. The provisions of Articles 40.5 to 40.18 apply to Affected Shares (as defined in the Articles and being shares held by non UK Nationals which the Directors resolve shall be treated as such for the purposes of Article 40). These provisions include provisions as to how the Directors may determine which shares are Affected Shares, how the Directors shall notify holders and persons interested in Affected Shares of their determination, that holders of Affected Shares shall not be entitled to attend and speak and vote at meetings of any class of the Company's shares and may, if the Directors so require in the notice, be obliged to sell their shares within 21 days of receipt of the notice that their shares are Affected Shares; that the Directors, if they so state in such notice may sell the Affected Shares if they have not been sold within that period; and that the Directors may refuse to register a transfer of an Affected Share if it would be capable of being treated or become an Affected Share after transfer. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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