Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC
07 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

 

 

principal trader is connected

 

 

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

 

06 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:

 

 

10,621,780

1.40%

6,562,985

0.87%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

6,656,045

0.88%

10,800,741

1.42%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

100,353

0.01%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

17,277,825

2.28%

17,464,079

2.30%

(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

91,263

7.8460  EUR

7.3500  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

32,575

7.8240  EUR

7.2012  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

10,658,680

6.7541  GBP

6.0740  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

11,842,083

6.7550  GBP

6.0602  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

896

6.6919  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,929

6.4757  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,946

6.4730  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,437

6.7312  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

92

6.5816  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

893

6.5447  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,330

6.6087  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,724

6.7284  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,708

6.7169  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

189,301

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

176

7.8240  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

150,282

6.3545  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,500

6.4452  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

26,876

6.5938  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

48,697

6.6386  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

22,794

7.4339  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

263,195

6.7442  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

18,024

6.1456  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

128

6.4610  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

836

7.5494  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

21,579

6.1262  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

185

7.5191  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

205,810

6.7428  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

97,932

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

108

7.5800  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

200,000

6.1998  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

27,537

6.3294  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

27,537

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

3,000

6.4496  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

63

6.4360  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

56,730

6.4131  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

119,679

6.7101  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,205

6.4526  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

39

6.6919  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

752

6.6919  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,488

6.3819  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,914

6.2860  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

92

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

365

6.5811  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

190,447

6.7270  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,737

6.6790  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,532

7.2012  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

55,592

6.2596  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

39,048

6.6201  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

87,744

7.7394  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

139,083

6.7426  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Closing Short

20,413

6.6979  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

12,121

6.6979  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

11,163

6.6354  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

17

7.1794  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

7,928

6.0760  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

33

7.8221  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,998

6.6013  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100,000

6.2698  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

63

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

80,766

6.4899  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

118,692

6.3428  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

120

6.3820  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,378

6.3819  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

92

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

26,136

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,530

6.5008  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,400

7.7087  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

205,874

6.6843  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

98,986

6.6843  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

10,315

6.3560  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,481

7.2448  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

642

7.8219  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

301,998

6.7014  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,000

6.5193  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

987

6.4131  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

124,608

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

47,723

6.7232  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

267,846

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

13,213

6.2713  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,778

7.6715  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,000

6.4860  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23,519

6.6096  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

50,000

6.2764  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

68,937

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

50,000

6.6897  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,049

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

15,000

6.5500  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:

07 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

-100,353

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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