Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

02 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:				01 Oct 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:			19,404,787	2.56%	3,473,162	0.46%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			3,414,663	0.45%	18,258,033	2.41%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,353	0.01%
	TOTAL:			22,819,450	3.01%	21,831,548	2.88%
(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		11,484		7.9233  EUR	7.9060  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,382		7.9200  EUR	7.8900  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,054,905		6.7910  GBP	6.7280  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,780,222		6.7899  GBP	6.7368  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		1,391	6.7697  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,386	6.7622  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		510	6.7655  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		185	6.7680  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		56	6.7645  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		31,815	6.7689  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		84	6.7618  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		61,738	6.7720  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2	7.9600  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,196	6.7703  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,477	6.7723  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		75,419	6.7717  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,722	6.7482  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,653	7.9085  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		14,906	6.7719  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,458	6.7813  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		87	7.9143  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		25,058	6.7581  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		78	7.8948  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		47,680	6.7702  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		210	7.9200  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,657	6.7604  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		222	6.7677  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,844	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,398	6.7622  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,818	6.7622  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,774	6.7720  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		310	6.7697  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,479	6.7697  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,393	6.7683  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		158,532	6.7740  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		13,844	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		712	6.7632  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,838	6.7506  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		692	7.9060  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,010	6.7689  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		29,628	6.7552  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,872	6.7596  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		39	7.9105  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		21,398	6.7607  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		35	7.9054  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		112,746	6.7704  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		99,789	6.7704  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,396	7.8800  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		144	6.7632  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,572	6.7632  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		13,844	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		34,600	6.7720  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		84	6.7721  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,477	6.7634  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		285	6.7304  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,000	7.8891  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		99,789	6.7720  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		54,509	6.7720  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,452	7.9119  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		6,859	6.7677  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		888	6.7591  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,090	6.7720  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		617	6.7305  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,502	6.7280  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,538	6.7601  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		56,278	6.7720  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		50,007	6.7559  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		45,192	6.7559  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		603	6.7588  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,260	6.7443  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		45,192	6.7719  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,791	6.7665  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,346	6.7720  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,182	6.7606  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		72	6.7660  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,740	6.7690  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		564	6.7669  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,595	6.7691  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		52,604	6.7698  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,402	6.7691  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:				02 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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