Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

24 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:				23 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:			19,493,276	2.57%	3,903,460	0.51%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			3,901,197	0.51%	18,581,808	2.45%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,353	0.01%
	TOTAL:			23,394,473	3.09%	22,585,621	2.98%
(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		2,293		7.8057  EUR	7.7900  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,277		7.8100  EUR	7.7920  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,311,393		6.7220  GBP	6.6960  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,959,679		6.7220  GBP	6.6960  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		277	6.7088  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		114	6.7093  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,498	6.7105  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		723	6.7111  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		57	6.7085  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,000	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		45,332	6.7102  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		246	6.7142  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		62,302	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,907	6.7042  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,743	6.7163  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,000	6.7146  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		8	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,716	6.7081  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		18,073	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		12,965	6.7135  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		25,789	6.7135  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		16	7.8062  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,590	6.7099  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,396	6.7086  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		28	6.7093  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		546	6.7105  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		108	6.7088  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		288	6.7088  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		492	6.7105  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,907	6.7091  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,719	6.7066  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,000	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		129	6.7041  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		44,560	6.7057  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,836	6.7069  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,059	6.7093  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,396	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		123	6.7046  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,063	6.7147  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		2,844	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		15,476	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	6.7193  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5	6.7020  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		18,028	6.7039  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,247	6.7078  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		97,941	6.7112  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		33	6.7029  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		777	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,000	6.7010  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,189	6.7083  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26,006	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		72	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,565	6.7156  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,999	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,159	6.7040  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16	6.7020  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		100	6.7000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		47	6.7130  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		964	6.7095  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		91	6.7122  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		355	6.7100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		27,451	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7	6.7140  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15	6.7020  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,029	6.7060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,389	6.7045  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,894	6.7104  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		55,651	6.7071  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		37,037	6.7152  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:				24 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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