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RNS Number : 5560S

easyJet PLC

22 December 2016

easyJet plc ("the Company")

Director/PDMR shareholding

The Company announces that on 19 December 2016, Andrew Findlay, Chief Financial Officer, exercised 28,947 nil cost option awards over 27 2/7 p ordinary shares in the capital of the Company, transferred 15,307 shares to Julie Findlay and sold the remainder in order to fund the tax and national insurance liabilities and administrative fees arising on exercise. These awards were part of the performance related buy out arrangement agreed to compensate Andrew Findlay for the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) forfeited from his previous employer when he joined the Company in October 2015.

Further information relating to the awards made to compensate for the forfeiture of the LTIP Andrew Findlay received from his previous employer is set out on p. 72 of easyJet's 2016 Annual report and accounts which are available on the Company's website.

Set out below is the notification made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

For further details, please contact:

 
 Stuart Morgan, Investor 
  Relations                 +44 (0) 7989 665 484 
 Paul Moore, Corporate 
  Communications            +44 (0) 7860 794 444 
 
 
  1.    Details of the person discharging managerial 
         responsibilities/ person closely associated 
-----  --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  a)    Name                       Andrew Findlay 
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  2.    Reason for the notification 
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  a)    Position/status            Chief Financial Officer 
-----  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
  b)    Initial notification/      This is an initial notification 
         Amendment 
-----  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
  3.    Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
         market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
         or auction monitor 
-----  --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  a)    Name                       easyJet plc 
-----  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
  b)    LEI                        2138001S47XKWIB7TH90 
-----  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
  4.    Details of the transaction(s): section to 
         be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; 
         (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each 
         date; (iv) each place where transactions have 
         been conducted 
-----  --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  a)    Description                Ordinary share of 27 2/7p 
         of the financial 
         instrument, 
         type of instrument 
                                    ISIN: GB00B7KR2P84 
         Identification 
         code 
-----  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
  b)    Nature of                  Exercise of nil cost options 
         the transaction            granted on 20 November 2015 as 
                                    part of the buy-out arrangements, 
                                    sale of shares to fund the income 
                                    tax and national insurance liability 
                                    and transfer balance of shares 
                                    to Julie Findlay. 
-----  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
        Price(s) and                                 Price(s)     Volume(s) 
   c)    volume(s)                   --------------  -----------  ---------- 
                                      Acquisition 
                                       of shares 
                                       on exercise 
                                       of share 
                                       award 
                                       Sale of 
                                       shares to 
                                       satisfy 
                                       income tax 
                                       and NICs       Nil          28,947 
                                       liability 
                                       Transfer 
                                       of shares       GBP10.24     13,640 
                                       to Julie 
                                       Findlay         Nil          15,307 
                                     --------------  -----------  ---------- 
-----  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
  d)    Aggregated 
         information                 Aggregated volume: 
          *    Aggregated volume     Exercise 
                                     Volume 28,947 
                                     Price GBP Nil 
          *    Price                 Sale 
                                     Volume 13,640 
                                     Price GBP GBP10.24 
                                     Transfer 
                                     Volume 15,307 
                                     Price GBP Nil 
-----  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
  e)    Date of the                2016-12-19 
         transaction 
-----  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
  f)    Place of the               Outside a trading venue (Exercise 
         transaction                of nil cost options and Transfer 
                                    of shares) and XLON (Sale of 
                                    shares ) 
-----  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 
 
  1.    Details of the person discharging managerial 
         responsibilities/ person closely associated 
-----  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  a)    Name                       Julie Findlay 
-----  -------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
  2.    Reason for the notification 
-----  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  a)    Position/status            Person closely associated 
-----  -------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
  b)    Initial notification/      This is an initial notification 
         Amendment 
-----  -------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
  3.    Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
         market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
         or auction monitor 
-----  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  a)    Name                       easyJet plc 
-----  -------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
  b)    LEI                        2138001S47XKWIB7TH90 
-----  -------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
  4.    Details of the transaction(s): section to 
         be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; 
         (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each 
         date; (iv) each place where transactions have 
         been conducted 
-----  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  a)    Description                Ordinary share of 27 2/7p 
         of the financial 
         instrument, 
         type of instrument 
                                    ISIN: GB00B7KR2P84 
         Identification 
         code 
-----  -------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
  b)    Nature of                  Receipt of 15,307 shares transferred 
         the transaction            from Andrew Findlay - Chief Financial 
                                    Officer. 
-----  -------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
        Price(s) and                                 Price(s)    Volume(s) 
   c)    volume(s)                   --------------  ----------  ---------- 
                                      Transfer 
                                       of shares 
                                       from Andrew 
                                       Findlay        Nil         15,307 
                                     --------------  ----------  ---------- 
-----  -------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
  d)    Aggregated 
         information                 Not applicable 
          *    Aggregated volume     Single transaction 
 
 
          *    Price 
-----  -------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
  e)    Date of the                2016-12-19 
         transaction 
-----  -------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
  f)    Place of the               Outside a trading venue 
         transaction 
-----  -------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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