Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

18 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:				17 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:			17,144,843	2.26%	2,679,349	0.35%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,602,451	0.34%	17,179,480	2.27%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,353	0.01%
	TOTAL:			19,747,294	2.61%	19,959,182	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		4,113		7.8030  EUR	7.7520  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		425		7.8158  EUR	7.7840  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,063,503		6.7280  GBP	6.6786  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		884,781		6.7220  GBP	6.6800  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		1,072	6.6999  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,508	6.6937  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,269	6.6971  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		33	6.7040  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		792	6.7061  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		188	6.7000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		11,000	6.6800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		223	6.7138  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,313	6.7072  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		143,608	6.6800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		17,029	6.6800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		39,130	6.6800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		95,396	6.6796  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		600	6.7055  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,042	7.8036  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,612	6.6800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		133	7.8158  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		51	7.8186  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		63,321	6.7044  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,239	6.7188  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,239	6.6800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,055	6.6937  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		203	6.6937  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		714	6.6971  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		376	6.6999  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		989	6.6999  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		643	6.6948  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,003	6.6928  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		25,536	6.7182  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,425	6.7182  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		827	6.6891  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		11,000	6.7053  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		22,914	6.7053  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,864	6.6998  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		31,069	6.7050  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,388	6.7076  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		272	7.7935  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,165	6.6800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,249	6.6924  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		279	6.6891  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		774	6.6891  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,735	6.7075  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,894	6.7037  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		218	6.7005  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,530	6.6992  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		41,385	6.6800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		430	6.7035  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,560	6.6800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		492	6.7052  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		159	6.6800  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		317	6.7240  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		43,419	6.6920  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		95,671	6.6920  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2	6.6940  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,378	6.7078  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		572	6.7058  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		114	6.7030  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		19,949	6.6807  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		101,786	6.7044  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 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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