Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

12 August 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:				11 Aug 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:			12,019,185	1.59%	6,978,411	0.92%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,980,926	0.92%	11,538,860	1.52%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,352	0.01%
	TOTAL:			19,000,111	2.51%	18,617,623	2.46%
(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		32,809		7.8700  EUR	7.8654  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,707		7.8860  EUR	7.8520  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,460,728		6.7410  GBP	6.7160  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,651,189		6.7500  GBP	6.7240  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		304	6.7301  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		62	6.7363  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		228	6.7360  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,863	6.7291  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,194	6.7289  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30,300	6.7360  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		594	6.7290  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,160	6.7308  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,986	6.7326  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		904	6.7361  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		109,688	6.7360  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,124	6.7352  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		879	7.8650  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		10,009	6.7390  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		3,170	6.7390  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		148,584	6.7337  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,736	6.7250  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		123	7.8705  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,813	6.7500  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		800	7.8761  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7	7.8914  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		95,121	6.7360  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		12,768	7.8660  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	6.7301  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,154	6.7324  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,154	6.7360  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2	6.7315  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		6	6.7363  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		852	6.7352  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		204,892	6.7283  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3	6.7301  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		315	6.7301  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		449	6.7378  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		41,723	6.7360  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,162	6.7359  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,869	6.7366  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,871	6.7352  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,859	6.7297  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		16,305	6.7288  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		19,918	7.8663  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,775	6.7360  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		165,153	6.7360  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,021	7.8519  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,121	6.7288  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2	6.7379  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		467	6.7378  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		510,775	6.7360  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,495	6.7361  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		754	6.7296  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		407	6.7332  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		550	6.7364  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,000	7.8851  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		18,799	6.7359  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,035	6.7355  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1,053	6.7272  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		4,783	6.7272  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,854	6.7362  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		450	6.7385  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		11,029	6.7359  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,246	6.7300  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,329	6.7357  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,814	6.7360  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,368	6.7349  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,211	6.7355  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,105	6.7356  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		135	6.7367  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		52,813	6.7314  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,011	6.7358  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,302	6.7341  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		94,607	6.7240  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,136	6.7315  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,883	6.7342  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		592	6.7307  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		143	6.7343  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,105	6.7298  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		93,033	6.7312  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 Aug 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	-100,352	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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