Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

26 August 2026

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Name of exempt principal trader:				BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				EASYJET PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				EAGLE BIDCO LTD (A COMPANY INDIRECTLY OWNED BY THE APOLLO FUNDS, MANAGED BY AFFILIATES OF APOLLO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. (TOGETHER WITH APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES))
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				25 Aug 2026
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal				NO
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.				POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:				27 2/7p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			10,692,958	1.41%	5,622,661	0.74%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,550,678	0.73%	10,730,300	1.42%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,351	0.01%
	TOTAL:			16,243,636	2.14%	16,453,312	2.17%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Total number of		Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security				securities		paid/received	paid/received
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		18,654		7.8900  EUR	7.8870  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		677		7.8987  EUR	7.8900  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,606,828		6.7670  GBP	6.7217  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,577,795		6.7670  GBP	6.7310  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		672	6.7480  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		46,064	6.7582  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,083	6.7526  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,248	6.7551  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		230	6.7512  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,930	6.7546  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		154,605	6.7600  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4	7.8520  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		69,000	6.7367  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		69,000	7.8780  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		20,673	6.7600  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		468	7.8927  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		17,506	6.7615  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		145	7.8886  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,143	6.7217  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		108,150	6.7600  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		65,941	6.7354  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		10,000	6.7493  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3	6.7494  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		341	6.7480  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		837	6.7480  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,454	6.7572  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		20,075	6.7573  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		68	6.7599  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,916	6.7639  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		8,019	6.7523  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		18,376	7.8879  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		84	7.8928  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		10,000	6.7486  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		76	6.7599  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		83	6.7599  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		39,928	6.7531  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		10,490	6.7516  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		133	7.8906  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,766	6.7538  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		121	6.7624  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		121	7.9030  EUR
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between
the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i)   the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii)   the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				YES
Date of disclosure:				26 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213
DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO
PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
Identity of the person whose positions/dealings				BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
are being disclosed:
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				EASYJET PLC
relevant securities this from relates:
2.				OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES
Class of relevant security	Product description	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type	Expiry date
27 2/7p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-100,351	7.0573	European	09 Nov 2026
3.				AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

 

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