6 February 2020

easyJet plc

(the "Company")

Results of 2020 Annual General Meeting

The Company is pleased to announce the voting results of its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held earlier today at Hangar 89, London Luton Airport, Luton, LU2 9PF.

All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 18 were each passed as an Ordinary Resolution (requiring a simple majority for them to be passed) and resolutions 19 to 21 were each passed as a Special Resolution (requiring at least a 75% majority for them to be passed). The polling results for each resolution are set out below:

Resolution

Votes For

%

Votes

%

Total Votes

% of ISC

Votes

Against

Voted*

Withheld**

1.

To receive the Annual

191,880,980

99.60

772,833

0.40

192,653,813

48.50%

134,312,563

Report and Accounts for

the year ended 30

September 2019

2.

To approve the Annual

183,893,438

94.54

10,626,149

5.46

194,519,587

48.97%

132,447,695

Statement by the Chairman

of the Remuneration

Committee and the Annual

Report on Remuneration

3.

To declare a final dividend

194,516,498

99.99

27,604

0.01

194,544,102

48.98%

132,423,981

4.

To re-appoint John Barton

191,636,070

98.98

1,976,108

1.02

193,612,178

48.74%

133,343,299

as a Director

5.

To re-appoint Johan

194,288,833

99.93

138,698

0.07

194,427,531

48.95%

132,528,308

Lundgren as a Director

6.

To re-appoint Andrew

194,243,865

99.90

185,732

0.10

194,429,597

48.95%

132,524,580

Findlay as a Director

7.

To re-appoint Charles

193,935,057

99.75

491,008

0.25

194,426,065

48.95%

132,527,956

Gurassa as a Director

8.

To re-appoint Dr Andreas

179,008,736

94.87

9,681,849

5.13

188,690,585

47.50%

138,263,436

Bierwirth as a Director

9.

To re-appoint Moya Greene

193,942,562

99.75

486,548

0.25

194,429,110

48.95%

132,525,553

DBE as a Director

10.

To re-appoint Dr

194,335,633

99.95

91,208

0.05

194,426,841

48.95%

132,527,180

Anastassia Lauterbach as a

Director

11.

To re-appoint Nick Leeder

194,329,517

99.95

89,726

0.05

194,419,243

48.95%

132,534,778

as a Director

12.

To re-appoint Andy Martin

193,851,049

99.71

568,934

0.29

194,419,983

48.95%

132,534,680

as a Director

13.

To re-appoint Julie

192,125,105

99.66

653,419

0.34

192,778,524

48.53%

134,176,139

Southern as a Director

14.

To appoint Catherine

194,334,572

99.95

87,532

0.05

194,422,104

48.95%

132,529,800

Bradley CBE as a Director

15.

To re-appoint

188,767,674

97.08

5,677,326

2.92

194,445,000

48.95%

132,506,133

PricewaterhouseCoopers

LLP as auditors of the

Company

16.

To authorise the Audit

191,112,950

98.25

3,399,132

1.75

194,512,082

48.97%

132,440,199

Committee to determine

the auditors' remuneration

17.

To authorise the Company

178,833,394

92.17

15,200,010

7.83

194,033,404

48.85%

132,924,142

and its subsidiaries to make

political donations and

incur political expenditure

18.

To authorise the Directors

194,140,734

99.84

308,500

0.16

194,449,234

48.95%

132,501,914

to allot shares

19.

To disapply statutory pre-

194,088,872

99.82

355,441

0.18

194,444,313

48.95%

132,503,735

emption rights (Special

Resolution)

20.

To authorise the Company

191,524,472

98.56

2,804,492

1.44

194,328,964

48.92%

132,629,175

to purchase its own shares

(Special Resolution)

21.

To authorise the Company

185,033,407

95.37

8,981,578

4.63

194,014,985

48.84%

132,936,211

to call general meetings on

not less than 14 clear days'

notice (Special Resolution)

  • Based on total issued share capital of 397,208,133 Ordinary shares
  • A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution

Votes of Independent Shareholders on the resolutions concerning the election or re-election of the independent Non-Executive Directors

Resolution

Votes For

%

Votes

%

Total Votes

% of ISC

Votes

Against

voted***

Withheld**

7.

To re-appoint Charles Gurassa

193,935,057

99.75

491,008

0.25

194,426,065

73.42%

126,529

as a Director

8.

To re-appoint Dr Andreas

179,008,736

94.87

9,681,849

5.13

188,690,585

71.26%

5,862,009

Bierwirth as a Director

9.

To re-appoint Moya Greene

193,942,562

99.75

486,548

0.25

194,429,110

73.42%

124,126

DBE as a Director

10.

To re-appoint Dr Anastassia

194,335,633

99.95

91,208

0.05

194,426,841

73.42%

125,753

Lauterbach as a Director

11.

To re-appoint Nick Leeder as a

194,329,517

99.95

89,726

0.05

194,419,243

73.42%

133,351

Director

12.

To re-appoint Andy Martin as

193,851,049

99.71

568,934

0.29

194,419,983

73.42%

133,253

a Director

13.

To re-appoint Julie Southern

192,125,105

99.66

653,419

0.34

192,778,524

72.80%

1,774,712

as a Director

14.

To appoint Catherine Bradley

194,334,572

99.95

87,532

0.05

194,422,104

73.42%

128,373

CBE as a Director

  • A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution
  • Based on total issued share capital of 397,208,133 Ordinary shares but excluding (for these purposes) shares held by the controlling shareholders

1. Notes

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.2E, Resolutions 7-14 inclusive were approved by: (a) the shareholders of the Company; and (b) the independent shareholders of the Company.

The total voting rights of the Company on the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote was 397,208,133.

In accordance with LR 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business have been submitted to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to view at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

2. Dividend

The timetable in relation to the dividend is as follows:

Ex-dividend date

Thursday, 27 February 2020

Record date for entitlement to the dividend

5.00 p.m. on Friday, 28 February 2020

Payment of dividend

Friday, 20 March 2020

In case of queries please contact:

Michael Barker, Investor Relations

07985 890939

Anna Knowles, Corporate Communications

07985 873313

Dorothy Burwell/Ed Simpkins, Finsbury

020 7251 3801

LEI: 2138001S47XKWIB7TH90

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