Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC
27 July 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

 relevant securities this form relates:

EASYJET PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

 principal trader is connected

APOLLO MANAGEMENT X, L.P. (TOGETHER WITH APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES), ON BEHALF OF CERTAIN OF ITS MANAGED FUNDS

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

24 Jul 2026

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

 trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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:

10,508,121

1.39%

6,787,814

0.90%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

6,929,865

0.91%

10,821,963

1.43%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

17,437,986

2.30%

17,609,777

2.32%

 








(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)

Purchase and sales

 






Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Total number of

 securities

Highest price per unit

 paid/received

Lowest price per unit

 paid/received

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

34254

7.2940  EUR

7.1220  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

6362

7.3084  EUR

7.1918  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1891014

6.2290  GBP

5.9942  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1438035

6.2360  GBP

6.0158  GBP

 








(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,689

6.1389  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

413

6.1817  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,442

6.1721  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,413

6.1618  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,423

6.1616  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,932

6.1152  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

665

6.1617  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

300

6.1467  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

5,937

6.2142  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,087

6.2142  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

504

6.0859  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,259

6.1800  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

275

7.2160  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,750

6.2016  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

12,788

6.1957  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

29,916

7.2514  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

9,180

6.1230  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

360

6.1800  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,466

6.1813  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,725

7.2433  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

8,960

6.0661  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,002

7.2171  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

14,272

6.2253  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

74,907

6.0530  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

125,093

6.0530  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,017

6.1481  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

43,493

6.1967  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,553

6.1803  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,489

6.1837  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

103

6.1817  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

59

6.1817  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

714

6.1721  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

78,283

6.1694  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,084

6.1389  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,882

6.1389  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

971

6.1721  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,331

6.1262  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

25,000

6.0830  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

100,000

6.0470  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,106

6.1955  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

33,400

6.1800  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

985

5.9897  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

609

6.1419  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

461

7.3084  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

16,967

6.1931  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,566

7.1910  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,570

6.2298  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

14,272

6.1800  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

37,593

6.1800  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

467

5.9942  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

66,419

6.1800  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,206

6.1955  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,350

6.1955  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,897

6.1800  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

441

6.1049  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,022

6.1449  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1

7.2300  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,926

6.2023  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,732

6.1800  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

528

6.0646  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

439

6.1464  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30,946

6.1800  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,927

6.1800  GBP

 








(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit

 

 

 

 

 

 








(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 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?

NO

Date of disclosure:

27 Jul 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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