Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

15 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:				14 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:			20,305,927	2.68%	2,583,170	0.34%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,608,249	0.34%	19,027,523	2.51%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,353	0.01%
	TOTAL:			22,914,176	3.02%	21,711,046	2.86%
(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		6,285		8.0320  EUR	7.9807  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,279		8.0320  EUR	7.9900  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		911,050		6.7840  GBP	6.7616  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,123,120		6.7820  GBP	6.7600  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		Opening Short		664	6.7978  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		359	6.7689  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		294	6.7706  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		188	6.7657  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		25,734	6.7736  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		5,585	6.7675  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		65,355	6.7620  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		147	6.7960  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22,020	6.7616  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,500	6.7623  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		66,308	6.7800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		3,905	6.7677  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,403	6.7626  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,835	7.9896  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		14,236	6.7619  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,147	6.7680  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		167	8.0062  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		17,353	6.7664  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		49	8.0193  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		177,055	6.7632  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		47,790	6.7653  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		98	6.7676  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		96	6.7676  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		21	6.7740  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		5,536	6.7672  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,037	6.7672  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		8,173	6.7817  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		889	6.7797  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,545	6.7757  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,339	6.7673  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,358	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		41,191	6.7644  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,000	6.7647  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		893	6.7640  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		787	6.7705  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		355	7.9813  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		15,592	6.7837  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		36	8.0219  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		348	6.7673  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		575	6.7681  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		495	6.7836  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		36,800	6.7620  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,349	6.7732  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,366	6.7751  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		3,012	6.7622  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,899	6.7622  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4	8.0150  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		35,378	6.7620  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,348	6.7566  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		128	6.7800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,888	6.7620  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		47,062	6.7620  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,595	6.7680  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,368	6.7672  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,692	6.7800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		30,247	6.7740  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		21,701	6.7621  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,499	6.7800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,738	6.7700  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,655	6.7715  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5	6.7600  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,885	6.7702  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,049	6.7622  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		27,792	6.7800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		21,783	6.7800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,686	6.7799  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		336	6.7755  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,871	6.7703  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		18,562	6.7710  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		61,266	6.7710  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,187	6.7668  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:				15 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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