Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

18 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:				17 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:			11,643,912	1.54%	6,149,912	0.81%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,151,630	0.81%	11,044,018	1.46%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,351	0.01%
	TOTAL:			17,795,542	2.35%	17,294,281	2.28%
(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		40,761		7.8594  EUR	7.8320  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		50,089		7.8706  EUR	7.8340  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,018,313		6.7350  GBP	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		946,809		6.7320  GBP	6.7198  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		159	6.7299  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		703	6.7301  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,735	6.7277  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,988	6.7280  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		23,100	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		465	6.7275  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,824	6.7265  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		51,418	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,211	6.7295  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,358	6.7228  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		9,615	6.7270  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		13,909	7.8604  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		18,755	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		404	7.8675  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		47	7.8287  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		50,000	6.7331  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,941	6.7219  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,030	7.8340  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		178	6.7206  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		71	6.7239  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30	6.7205  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		177	6.7299  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22	6.7241  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		127	6.7224  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		422	6.7279  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,645	6.7300  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		4,232	6.7254  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		515	7.8711  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		108	7.8633  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		37,836	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		11,227	7.8340  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		4,548	7.8340  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		140	6.7224  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,991	6.7273  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		943	6.7213  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		450	6.7245  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,488	6.7300  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		4,548	7.8320  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		6,482	7.8320  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,935	6.7269  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,207	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		15,775	7.8320  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		55,548	6.7198  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,197	6.7280  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,002	7.8340  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		49,970	6.7284  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,627	6.7280  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		19,255	7.8340  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,508	6.7310  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,434	6.7306  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,007	6.7289  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		25,000	6.7248  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,927	6.7303  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		21,580	6.7329  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,095	6.7261  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:				18 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	-100,351	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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