Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

13 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:				12 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:			20,183,828	2.66%	2,560,975	0.34%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,581,375	0.34%	18,931,514	2.50%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,353	0.01%
	TOTAL:			22,765,203	3.00%	21,592,842	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		8,597		8.0500  EUR	8.0313  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,098		8.0605  EUR	8.0280  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		969,898		6.8304  GBP	6.7680  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,084,642		6.8310  GBP	6.7700  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		664	6.7978  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		64	6.7838  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		101	6.7907  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		56	6.7825  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		57	6.7785  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,139	6.7990  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		59	6.7805  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		102,951	6.7740  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		675	8.0360  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		124,303	6.8060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		199	6.8260  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,540	6.7743  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		59,747	6.7736  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		133,275	6.8060  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		19,610	6.7796  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		10,018	6.7787  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,619	6.7906  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,858	8.0333  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		18,218	6.7739  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		463	6.8054  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		106	8.0392  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,831	6.7992  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		26	8.0400  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		51,949	6.7890  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,190	6.7762  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21	6.7740  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		113	6.7978  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		386	6.7978  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,173	6.7817  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,585	6.7817  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		889	6.7797  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,545	6.7757  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		758	6.7875  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,467	6.7790  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,718	6.7830  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		495	6.7720  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,209	6.8075  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,001	8.0491  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,012	6.7866  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		99	8.0240  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		24,062	6.7740  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,569	6.7762  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		285	6.7757  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		953	6.7757  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,500	6.7740  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		565	6.7912  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,098	6.7882  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		116	6.7740  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		971	6.7965  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1	6.8100  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,892	6.7949  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,330	6.7740  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		18,999	6.7740  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		11,506	6.7740  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,137	6.7740  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1,339	6.7752  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		3,021	6.7752  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,119	6.7814  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		39,281	6.7780  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		3,021	6.7942  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,027	6.7942  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,090	6.7895  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,154	6.7660  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		45,593	6.7786  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39	6.7740  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		2,834	6.7740  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		26,164	6.7740  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,273	6.7890  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,043	6.7733  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		473	6.7923  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,156	6.7982  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		47,593	6.7801  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:				13 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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