Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

28 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:				25 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:			19,423,228	2.56%	4,302,129	0.57%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			4,220,266	0.56%	18,530,927	2.44%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,353	0.01%
	TOTAL:			23,643,494	3.12%	22,933,409	3.03%
(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		6,821		7.8300  EUR	7.8077  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,034		7.8206  EUR	7.8000  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		888,144		6.7505  GBP	6.7164  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		917,551		6.7500  GBP	6.7100  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		647	6.7505  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		301	6.7379  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		408	6.7241  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		57	6.7345  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		46,000	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		50,572	6.7207  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		64	6.7345  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,912	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,309	6.7484  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		85,419	6.7496  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		52,885	6.7387  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,119	6.7264  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,835	7.8085  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13,972	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		15,067	6.7204  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5	7.8100  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,630	6.7380  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58	6.7212  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		141	6.7496  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		61	6.7375  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		309	6.7276  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		253	6.7505  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		597	6.7505  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		646	6.7357  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		10,774	6.7424  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,135	6.7423  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		70,870	6.7152  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		29,130	6.7152  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		46,000	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,704	6.7199  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,772	6.7272  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,340	6.7298  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,716	6.7244  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		19,657	6.7241  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		53	7.8200  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,105	6.7277  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		75,260	6.7152  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		24,740	6.7152  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,574	6.7440  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,683	6.7272  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19,720	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,713	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,692	6.7259  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,140	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		23,896	6.7423  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,076	6.7297  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,271	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,166	6.7226  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		241	6.7198  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		264	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,863	6.7180  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		325	6.7220  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,553	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		28,223	6.7301  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		88	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		666	6.7234  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12	6.7180  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		97	6.7231  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		237	6.7218  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		131	6.7215  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,238	6.7388  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		103	6.7216  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,535	6.7477  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,000	6.7164  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,704	6.7260  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		331	6.7200  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		34,753	6.7303  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,190	6.7295  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:				28 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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