Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

11 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:				10 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:			12,487,538	1.65%	7,282,405	0.96%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			7,261,846	0.96%	11,934,033	1.57%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,352	0.01%
	TOTAL:			19,749,384	2.61%	19,316,790	2.55%
(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		81,983		7.8540  EUR	7.8040  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		14,948		7.8540  EUR	7.8160  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,843,491		6.7505  GBP	6.6500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,017,594		6.7513  GBP	6.6750  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		3,592	6.7054  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,613	6.7090  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,788	6.7086  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,834	6.7077  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		548	6.7088  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,405	6.7072  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		596	6.7327  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,167	6.6991  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		106,784	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		14,389	6.7156  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		374	7.8180  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,207	6.7100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		173,633	6.7126  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		178,000	6.6997  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		178,000	7.8240  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		32,253	6.7297  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		14,629	6.6867  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		456	7.8160  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		7,797	6.6968  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		144,285	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		157	7.8540  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,325	6.6728  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		725	6.7259  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,136	6.7436  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,136	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,901	6.6500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		97	6.7505  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	6.7400  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,931	6.7221  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,164	6.7054  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,295	6.7054  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,691	6.7366  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		166,100	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,835	6.7427  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,640	6.7362  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,090	6.7044  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1,207	6.7483  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		32,713	6.7483  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,290	6.6990  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		28,128	6.7037  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		37,139	7.8302  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		10,224	6.7298  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		12,768	7.8039  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200,000	6.7031  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,901	6.7366  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,796	6.7366  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,232	6.6905  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,314	6.7223  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,922	6.7141  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		439	6.7360  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		9,136	6.6919  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		31,919	7.8040  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,929	6.6928  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,415	6.7135  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,543	6.6950  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,715	6.7495  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		126	6.6984  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13,804	7.8540  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,712	6.6971  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		51,101	6.7170  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,528	6.7017  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,539	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,192	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,637	6.7096  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		384	6.7018  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,176	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		94,534	6.7501  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,485	6.7483  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		76,683	6.7162  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		209	6.7013  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,106	6.7073  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		422	6.7102  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,188	6.7074  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		26,120	6.7135  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		41,025	6.7135  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,849	6.7240  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		41,025	6.7040  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		10,009	6.7040  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:				11 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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