Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

23 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:				22 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:			19,216,661	2.54%	3,978,575	0.52%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			3,968,963	0.52%	18,331,231	2.42%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,352	0.01%
	TOTAL:			23,185,624	3.06%	22,410,158	2.96%
(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		9,507		7.8312  EUR	7.7820  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,704		7.8400  EUR	7.8140  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,540,055		6.7320  GBP	6.6940  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,971,219		6.7320  GBP	6.7020  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		900	6.7152  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,555	6.7155  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		731	6.7137  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		98,492	6.7138  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		234	6.7124  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		277,577	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		550	7.8220  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		507	6.7320  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19,095	6.7085  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		946	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		5,575	6.7158  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		5,047	6.7160  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		6	7.8183  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13,613	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		21	7.8323  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		17,494	6.7051  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		273	7.8330  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,604	6.7153  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		100	6.7201  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,104,400	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,177	6.7155  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		223	6.7155  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,894	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		800	6.7145  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		355	6.7152  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,009	6.7152  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		720	6.7145  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		10,758	6.7167  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,312	6.7166  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		70,870	6.7152  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,130	6.7152  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		800	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,012	6.7179  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		58,922	6.7196  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,871	6.7161  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		124,531	6.7161  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,954	6.7113  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		6,995	7.8263  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,529	6.7116  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	6.7223  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50	6.7262  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,280	6.7155  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		35,364	6.7192  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		822	6.7079  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,212	6.7115  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,635	6.7115  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,905	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,500	6.7155  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		34,960	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		263	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		680	6.7123  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		117,185	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		743,170	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		93	6.7080  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,915	6.7105  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,461	6.7175  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,282	6.7086  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4	6.7110  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,365	6.7170  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,239	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,290	6.7184  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4	6.7090  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		250,000	6.7073  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3	6.7100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		259,325	6.7070  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2	6.7100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		237,553	6.7073  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		12,447	6.7073  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		24	6.7100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,221	6.7170  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		91	6.7112  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		21,668	6.7157  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		87	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,029	6.7154  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,831	6.7087  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,607	6.7150  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		101,680	6.7131  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		44,810	6.7176  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:				23 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	-100,352	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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