Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

30 September 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:				29 Sep 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:			19,522,328	2.58%	3,904,667	0.52%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			3,795,308	0.50%	18,553,782	2.45%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,353	0.01%
	TOTAL:			23,317,636	3.08%	22,558,802	2.98%
(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		4,313		7.8900  EUR	7.8851  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,363		7.8980  EUR	7.8661  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,444,691		6.7780  GBP	6.7393  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,166,176		6.7800  GBP	6.7400  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		Decreasing Long		354	6.7585  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		571	6.7691  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		74	6.7592  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		336	6.7589  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		62	6.7805  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,401	6.7586  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		115	6.7643  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		90,507	6.7780  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		916	7.8860  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,700	6.7591  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,825	6.7536  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		5,599	6.7726  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,970	6.7690  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,142	7.8860  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		20,762	6.7780  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		107	7.8884  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		324	6.7422  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		22	7.8659  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,116	6.7717  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,523	6.7758  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12	6.7716  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		62	6.7673  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,389	6.7691  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		742	6.7691  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		658	6.7592  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,058	6.7585  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		331	6.7585  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		400	6.7592  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,703	6.7705  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		8,094	6.7706  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,460	6.7753  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,939	6.7579  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,347	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,605	6.7783  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		172	6.7659  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		42,000	7.8900  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		73,501	6.7588  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		21	7.8828  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,523	6.7780  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,024	6.7753  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,426	6.7753  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		38,200	6.7780  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,087	6.7677  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,111	6.7523  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		42,000	6.7638  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,173	6.7517  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		41,446	6.7635  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,689	6.7552  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		35,119	6.7780  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,628	6.7579  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		204	6.7619  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		53,276	6.7520  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		53	6.7780  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,560	6.7551  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,637	6.7635  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		118	6.7590  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		64,258	6.7608  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,117	6.7548  GBP
(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:				30 Sep 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	-100,353	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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