Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC
28 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

 

EASYJET PLC

 

relevant securities this form relates:

 

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

CASTLELAKE, L.P. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PETER BELLEW AND MARK BREEN AS EU NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS

 

principal trader is connected

 

 

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

 

27 Jul 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:

 

 

10,635,295

1.40%

6,921,652

0.91%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

6,857,567

0.90%

10,751,450

1.42%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

17,492,862

2.31%

17,673,102

2.33%

(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

20,941

7.2906  EUR

7.2880  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

5,787

7.2900  EUR

7.2580  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

712,854

6.2860  GBP

6.1860  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

734,672

6.3240  GBP

6.1999  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

Increasing Long

512

6.2583  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

837

6.2184  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,743

6.2531  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,673

6.2535  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

459

6.2725  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

692

6.2519  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

100

6.3120  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

605

6.2237  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

643

6.1999  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

115,163

6.2000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,000

7.2900  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

220,000

6.2692  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

220,000

7.3350  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

7,610

6.2700  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

12,554

6.2700  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

577

6.2000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

5,289

6.2668  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

12,135

6.2459  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

563

7.3873  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,915

6.2000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

23,287

6.2000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,609

6.2183  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

211

6.2184  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

29

6.2184  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

154

6.2583  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

529

6.2583  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

15,475

6.1867  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

34,525

6.1867  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,253

6.2070  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

18,200

6.2000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

40,621

6.2000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

50,726

6.2000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

6,399

6.2309  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,000

7.2572  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,437

6.2303  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Closing Short

34,678

6.2078  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,835

6.2062  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

378

6.2070  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,358

6.2070  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

10,192

6.2324  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

16,591

7.2882  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,444

6.2000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,000

6.2184  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?

NO

Date of disclosure:

28 Jul 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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