Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

12 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:				09 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:			20,268,065	2.67%	2,533,967	0.33%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,551,425	0.34%	19,009,841	2.51%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,353	0.01%
	TOTAL:			22,819,490	3.01%	21,644,161	2.86%
(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		4,440		8.0440  EUR	8.0240  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,424		8.0514  EUR	8.0300  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,054,823		6.8270  GBP	6.8000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,658,254		6.8260  GBP	6.7997  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 Short		1,522	6.8183  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	6.8079  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		35,368	6.8181  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		33,826	6.8000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		60,000	6.8170  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,520	8.0300  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,512	6.8157  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,271	6.8003  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		77,654	6.7996  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,351	6.8061  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,131	6.8040  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		313	6.7995  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		313	8.0340  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		23,962	6.8000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,486	6.8090  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		183	8.0362  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		475,185	6.8010  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,190	6.8058  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8	6.8187  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		178	6.8003  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,578	6.8081  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,533	6.8000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		692	6.8088  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		299	6.8183  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,013	6.8183  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		237	6.8088  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		18,800	6.8073  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,003	6.8072  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,037	6.8022  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,300	6.8000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,718	6.8160  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,940	6.8131  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		316	6.8000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		14,156	6.8179  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,117	6.8000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		107	6.7997  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		383	6.8022  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,308	6.8022  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,116	6.8063  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,198	6.8138  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		398	6.8240  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		405	6.8240  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11	6.8070  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,917	6.8000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		684	6.8080  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		18,750	6.8060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3	6.8100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,866	6.8000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		52,765	6.8000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		21,238	6.8139  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,224	6.8156  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,091	6.8096  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		90,110	6.8000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		105	6.8000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,623	6.8114  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,414	6.8177  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,294	6.8240  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,111	6.8172  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		34,889	6.8036  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		203	6.8085  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		28,428	6.8000  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,360	6.8108  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,761	6.8089  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		308	6.8170  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		37,370	6.8135  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		52,767	6.8068  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:				12 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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