Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC
05 August 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

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

 

principal trader is connected

 

 

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

 

04 Aug 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:

 

 

11,310,801

1.49%

6,057,044

0.80%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

6,078,154

0.80%

11,486,541

1.52%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

100,356

0.01%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

17,388,955

2.29%

17,643,941

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

34,152

7.4620  EUR

7.4274  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

7,562

7.4570  EUR

7.4109  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,713,817

6.4680  GBP

6.3230  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,030,546

6.4253  GBP

6.3305  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

1,515

6.3430  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,176

6.3557  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,064

6.3691  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,426

6.3685  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,777

6.3685  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

37,700

6.3780  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

434

6.3710  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,551

6.3600  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

73

6.4253  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,166

6.3850  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

87,162

6.3780  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

546

7.4570  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

60,675

6.3783  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,058

6.3978  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

11,037

6.3595  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,263

7.4086  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

2,588

6.3538  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

13,774

6.3538  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

310

6.3820  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

12,307

6.3728  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

291

7.4167  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

7,928

6.3779  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,778

7.4179  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,101

6.3208  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,563

6.3821  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,511

6.3780  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

879

6.3557  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

432

6.3430  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

388

6.3430  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,939

6.3557  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,878

6.3771  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,618

6.3780  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

132

6.3780  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,000

7.4160  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,568

6.3746  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

621

6.3533  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

19,284

7.4282  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

55

6.4218  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

18

7.4305  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

97,564

6.3740  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,684

7.4320  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

224

6.3780  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

83,634

6.3780  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

530

6.3771  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

339

6.3771  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

34,702

6.3780  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

45,173

6.3696  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

8,204

6.3740  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

14,850

7.4620  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,339

6.3780  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,521

6.3780  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

550

6.3392  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:

05 Aug 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

-100,356

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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