Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

22 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:				21 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:			18,042,943	2.38%	4,381,496	0.58%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			4,350,288	0.57%	17,140,811	2.26%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,353	0.01%
	TOTAL:			22,393,231	2.95%	21,622,660	2.85%
(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		2,556		7.8260  EUR	7.8020  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		19		7.8100  EUR	7.8100  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		587,869		6.7160  GBP	6.6900  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		600,982		6.7140  GBP	6.6880  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		174	6.7023  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,325	6.7013  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,495	6.7023  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		473	6.7008  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		200	6.6929  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		58,916	6.6988  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		58	6.7005  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		48,799	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		608	7.8260  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		370	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		35,938	6.7056  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,500	6.6926  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		46,809	6.7032  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,000	6.7097  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,000	7.8192  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,784	6.7059  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		204	7.8090  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,482	6.7027  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		88	6.7054  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,104	6.7013  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,235	6.7013  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		43,485	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		547	6.7023  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		59	6.7023  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		146	6.7023  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		12	6.7022  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		480	6.7023  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,056	6.7046  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,344	6.7053  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		61	6.6975  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		111,000	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		111,000	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		725	7.8020  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		43,804	6.7038  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,731	6.7062  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,109	6.7116  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		759	6.7059  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		21	6.6976  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		52	6.6975  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		206	6.6940  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,206	6.6993  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,195	6.7086  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,678	6.7051  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,040	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		993	6.7160  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,130	6.6942  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,105	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,987	6.6931  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,126	6.6970  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		110	6.6965  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		14,267	6.7026  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,817	6.7026  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,486	6.7032  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		115	6.6998  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		94	6.7001  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15	6.7020  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		793	6.7005  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		731	6.7097  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,540	6.6977  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,732	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,781	6.6915  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		361	6.7000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		248	6.6952  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,709	6.7001  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		19,514	6.6984  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:				22 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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