Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

05 October 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:				02 Oct 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:			19,836,609	2.62%	2,605,398	0.34%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,533,056	0.33%	18,616,698	2.46%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,353	0.01%
	TOTAL:			22,369,665	2.95%	21,322,449	2.81%
(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		16,192		7.9950  EUR	7.9400  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,460		7.9950  EUR	7.9783  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,224,032		6.8060  GBP	6.7700  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,937,178		6.8064  GBP	6.7190  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		692	6.7936  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		25,941	6.8012  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,133	6.7985  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		244	6.7851  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		105	6.7963  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		75,800	6.8060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		27,612	6.7953  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		162	6.7985  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		335	6.7780  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		340,482	6.8060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		510	7.9950  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,571	6.8049  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,521	6.8063  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		86,140	6.8056  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		54,000	6.7195  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		5,582	6.8012  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,720	6.7901  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,642	7.9640  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		27,339	6.8059  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		140	7.9855  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		101,127	6.7897  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		211	7.9751  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		14,762	6.7909  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		1,154	7.9900  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		9	7.9900  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,767	6.8021  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		181	6.8063  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,306	6.8012  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,815	6.8012  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		59,178	6.8060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		165	6.7936  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		749	6.7936  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		488	6.7985  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,399	6.8000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,844	6.7760  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		31,053	6.8051  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		93,157	6.8051  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,934	6.8036  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		75,800	6.8060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		75,000	6.8060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		313	7.9620  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		34,115	6.8052  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		54,952	6.7902  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		6,936	6.7842  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		42	7.9807  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,098	6.7900  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		9	7.9844  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		490	6.8036  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,148	6.8036  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,762	6.8008  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		107	6.7900  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,200	6.8040  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		16,860	6.8036  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		35,772	6.8036  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,708	6.7877  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,985	6.8060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		35,772	6.8060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		231,109	6.8060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,921	6.8046  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		395	6.8060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,631	6.7919  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		128,777	6.8060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,071	6.7925  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,630	6.8060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,935	6.7964  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		90,796	6.7840  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,105	6.7947  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19,255	6.7948  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		270,480	6.7939  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		38,408	6.7939  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		375	6.7824  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		38,033	6.7920  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:				05 Oct 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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