Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

08 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:				07 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:			20,314,985	2.68%	2,139,146	0.28%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,161,075	0.29%	19,106,464	2.52%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,353	0.01%
	TOTAL:			22,476,060	2.97%	21,345,963	2.82%
(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		39,893		8.0200  EUR	7.9900  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,541		8.0200  EUR	7.9900  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,026,431		6.8040  GBP	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,549,618		6.8040  GBP	6.7774  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		7,056	6.7984  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		730	6.7933  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		56	6.8025  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		42,319	6.7890  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		57	6.7965  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,333	6.7876  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		49,408	6.7960  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		585	8.0100  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		178	6.8000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		65,081	6.7956  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		2,445	6.7952  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,342	6.7934  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		10,734	6.7802  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		33,109	8.0091  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		16,530	6.7960  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,549	6.8006  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		107	8.0200  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		12,777	6.7902  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		105	8.0209  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		455,553	6.7959  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		44	7.9900  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,290	6.7988  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		135	6.7985  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		143	6.7942  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,039	6.7942  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		939	6.7942  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		15,669	6.7960  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		82	6.7933  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,711	6.7984  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,539	6.7984  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		594	6.7934  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,953	6.7952  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,004	6.7953  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		66	6.7942  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,047	6.7894  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		628	8.0120  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		105	6.7892  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		60,286	6.7937  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5	6.7860  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		22,545	6.7831  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		177	8.0200  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,996	6.7841  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		37,982	6.7959  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,911	8.0480  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		250,000	6.7946  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,504	6.7894  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,965	6.7894  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,900	8.0100  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		764	6.7857  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30,752	6.7960  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		938	6.7970  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		41,000	6.8157  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		41,000	8.0480  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,047	6.7921  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		3,305	6.7921  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,330	6.7960  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1,512	6.7960  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		876	6.7960  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		3,305	6.7884  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		4,027	6.7884  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,939	6.7960  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		876	6.7960  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		17,506	6.7960  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		801	6.7895  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,988	6.7960  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,225	6.8002  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		3,226	6.7958  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,670	6.7958  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,228	6.7980  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		4,670	6.7974  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		819	6.7974  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,691	6.7800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		819	6.7960  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		17,852	6.7960  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		11,744	6.7995  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,296	6.7995  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,942	6.7898  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,711	6.7920  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		296	6.7884  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,274	6.7864  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,398	6.7964  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:				08 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:

 

END