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Sir Stelios, whose family owns 38pc shares of the company finally agreed a deal with the low-cost carrier brings to an end a bitter row with the Council on its ownership of the mark "easyJet".

Contractor, who slipped of the airline through an expensive case this summer, will now be 0 25pc of easyJet as a payment of royalties for the use of the mark pursuant to an agreement of 50 ans.Monsieur President, Stelios rights revenue had threatened to strip easyJet mark if he won the case.

Agreement, which will be held for a minimum of 10 years, is capped at ￡ 3. 9 m in the year to September 30, 2011 and ￡ 4.95 m prochaine.Sans ceiling, sales analysts forecasts of. 3 ￡ 5bn in 2012, the payment would be ￡ 8.8 Mr. President, Stelios receives now only ￡ 1 per year for the brand.

In addition to the fee payable to the Sir Stelios easyGroup, the contractor will be also personally Pocket ￡ 300,000 annually for five years from 1 October 2010 .c ' is accepted, among other things, do not license the name of "easy" for an airline rival.

In return, President, Stelios abandoned Law Society President and appoint directors to the Board of Directors. He also gave companies "reciprocal respect" – a breakthrough after two years of which resulted in obtaining a friend to traduce former CEO of Andy Harrison before Sir Stelios sniper smoking in may as a non-Executive Director.

New Chief Executive of EasyJet Carolyn McCall had disputes marks one of its priorities, when it took orders in July.Yesterday, she admitted that, having already offered Stelios ￡ 3 m per year, the airline paid more as he had wished.

"Everything that is more than anyone wants to pay, but I honestly think it's a good deal for both parties," she says. "The last agreement was unbearable and causing a huge amount of distraction and resentment on both sides.

She said 0 25pc revenue share was that half of the blank 5pc 0 of Sir Richard Branson gets its brand in the Australian carrier Virgin Blue licence.

Regulation yesterday struck before the verdict the judge in a case that has cost easyJet 4 m ￡ legal expenses and Sir Stelios ￡ 1 m - more .the two will be now pay their own costs.

Case ignited an agreement in 2000 float of easyJet which compelled to no longer be 25pc of ancillary activities which compete with companies such as easyCar and easyHotel.Sir Stelios easyGroup revenues believes that the growing airline may have breached this level.

Ms. McCall said that regulation easyJet freedom to manage without the need of "founder agrees" him allowing strike commercial transactions with third parties.

The Chairman Stelios hopes that he was "a" win-win "for all the parties concerned" but suggested the line with the Council on the fleet expansion and a maiden dividend was far from complete.

Ms. McCall unveil its strategy for easyJet next month, including if necessary carry 1 ￡ 5.3-￡ 1 United cash on its balance sheet.

Noting that Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary paid a special dividend of 500 m € (￡ 435 m), Sir Stelios said: "I can't predict what Carolyn will be saying when it unveils its review, but even Michael O'Leary has paid a dividend maintenant.Je think we might be next."

Analysts welcomed the resolution of the dispute, but the market is not clear who had obtained the best .EasyJet sharing agreement has increased by 2.7 percent 454.3.

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