Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

15 September 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:				14 Sep 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:			17,024,585	2.25%	2,840,966	0.37%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,733,948	0.36%	17,023,008	2.25%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,353	0.01%
	TOTAL:			19,758,533	2.61%	19,964,327	2.63%
(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		11,293		7.7757  EUR	7.7600  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		329		7.7805  EUR	7.7592  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		766,294		6.6751  GBP	6.6540  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		708,582		6.6760  GBP	6.6540  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		Increasing Long		843	6.6615  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,436	6.6639  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,052	6.6665  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		226	6.6655  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		820	6.6638  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		320	6.6633  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		123	6.6634  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,660	6.6665  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		68,519	6.6680  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		101	7.7592  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		111,731	6.6640  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		3,894	6.6657  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,876	6.6683  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		24,446	6.6661  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		24,092	6.6664  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,238	6.6631  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,380	7.7766  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13,846	6.6680  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		197	7.7805  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,362	6.6681  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,316	6.6597  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,099	6.6600  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,395	6.6639  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		368	6.6639  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		398	6.6657  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		314	6.6615  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		812	6.6615  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		358	6.6657  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,187	6.6667  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		20,132	6.6668  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		5,049	6.6667  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,652	6.6668  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,421	6.6680  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		721	6.6643  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,655	6.6698  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		7,990	6.6598  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		882	7.7705  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		112	6.6680  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	6.6653  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,316	6.6680  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,367	6.6668  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,555	6.6668  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		582	6.6658  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		28,293	6.6655  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,660	6.6680  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		352	6.6656  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,328	6.6680  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26,451	6.6640  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,616	6.6671  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,896	6.6680  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		463	6.6700  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		799	6.6680  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,994	6.6626  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,453	6.6680  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		743	6.6629  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,093	6.6600  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,815	6.6553  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,400	6.6644  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		510	6.6640  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		21,612	6.6624  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,431	6.6660  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:				15 Sep 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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