Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

01 October 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:				30 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:			19,275,769	2.54%	3,622,929	0.48%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			3,510,475	0.46%	18,306,448	2.42%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,353	0.01%
	TOTAL:			22,786,244	3.01%	22,029,730	2.91%
(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		7,674		7.9400  EUR	7.8860  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		687		7.9281  EUR	7.8860  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,657,357		6.8000  GBP	6.7663  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,629,165		6.7920  GBP	6.7693  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		2,332	6.7765  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,967	6.7780  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		377	6.7806  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		192	6.7778  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,400	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,400	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		113	6.7755  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,874	6.7784  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		66,240	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		512	7.9240  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		57,812	6.7773  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		18,050	6.7763  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		35,790	6.7756  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,791	6.7739  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		5,010	6.7742  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		6,489	7.9197  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		12,688	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		90	7.9276  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		64,268	6.7852  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		35	7.9248  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		59,357	6.7777  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		119,187	6.7844  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8	6.7910  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34	6.7761  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,785	6.7780  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		374	6.7780  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,345	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		184	6.7774  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,213	6.7765  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,123	6.7765  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		13,479	6.7777  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,427	6.7777  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,211	6.7747  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		42,277	6.7784  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,375	6.7773  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		33,506	6.7813  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,520	6.7738  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		41	7.9404  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		59,357	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		65,066	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,890	6.7751  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		170	6.7866  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		927	6.7747  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,113	6.7747  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		726	6.7799  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,602	6.7749  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,813	6.7728  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,310	6.7766  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		313	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		125,000	6.7724  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,892	6.7724  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		24,400	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		125,000	6.7690  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		71	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,347	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,332	6.7702  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,714	6.7741  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,072	6.7836  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,429	6.7920  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,541	6.7742  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		49,510	6.7779  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:				01 Oct 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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