Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

10 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				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:				07 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:			11,875,661	1.57%	7,158,460	0.94%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			7,287,781	0.96%	11,484,834	1.52%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,352	0.01%
	TOTAL:			19,163,442	2.53%	18,743,646	2.47%
(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		46,833		7.8340  EUR	7.7827  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		49,855		7.8109  EUR	7.7620  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,858,111		6.7310  GBP	6.1380  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,763,925		6.7180  GBP	6.0290  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		2,031	6.7007  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		17	6.7105  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,452	6.6786  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,033	6.6794  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		36,200	6.7100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		428	6.6785  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,056	6.6836  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,203	6.6817  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,351	6.6772  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		184,800	6.7100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		722	7.7620  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,999	6.7096  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,500	6.1382  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		398,553	6.6881  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,580	6.6967  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		33,665	7.7837  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		206,238	6.6916  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		12,121	6.6865  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		18,988	6.6865  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,063	6.7100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		190	6.6723  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		10,828	6.6677  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		109	7.8273  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,666	6.7000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		31,919	7.7679  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		100,000	6.6768  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		142	6.6610  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,999	6.7082  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,999	6.7100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		394	6.7096  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2	6.7105  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		73	6.6760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,291	6.6679  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,117	6.6867  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		204,891	6.6977  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		388	6.7007  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,348	6.7007  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		46,500	6.7315  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		103,500	6.7315  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,161	6.6780  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,827	6.6908  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,213	6.6961  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,704	7.7953  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,916	6.6937  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,782	6.0291  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,988	6.6832  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		9,519	6.6698  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,030	7.8091  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		196,040	6.6932  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,359	6.6777  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		400	7.7693  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		217,686	6.7100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		12,768	7.8339  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		89,675	6.6789  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,308	6.7021  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		73	6.7100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,875	6.6527  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		268	6.6780  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,328	6.6780  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		769	6.7083  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,509	6.6807  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		180,139	6.7037  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,750	6.4822  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		645	6.6840  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		412	6.6783  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13,371	7.7680  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,665	6.6893  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,427	6.6919  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		121,095	6.7100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,900	6.7100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		24,066	6.6745  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,797	6.6757  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		100,513	6.7100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		115,112	6.7100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,758	6.7100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,627	6.6740  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		298,801	6.6566  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		701,199	6.6566  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		73,000	6.6666  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:				10 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	-100,352	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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