Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Barclays PLC

13 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:				12 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:			11,726,468	1.55%	6,418,803	0.85%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,365,714	0.84%	11,118,704	1.47%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,352	0.01%
	TOTAL:			18,092,182	2.39%	17,637,859	2.33%
(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		28,650		7.8960  EUR	7.8841  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		32,041		7.8968  EUR	7.8460  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,931,136		6.7492  GBP	6.7220  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,660,854		6.7524  GBP	6.7220  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		772	6.7444  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		160	6.7400  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,482	6.7426  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,574	6.7426  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		44,400	6.7300  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		678	6.7427  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		340	6.7400  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		195,097	6.7300  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		157,095	6.7402  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		69,000	6.7455  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		69,000	7.8990  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		17,839	6.7300  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		63	6.7215  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		72	7.9047  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		64,076	6.7453  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		12,067	6.7321  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		145	7.8460  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		76,879	6.7366  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		2,997	6.7286  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		41	6.7294  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		60,778	6.7433  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		210	6.7444  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		936	6.7444  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,539	6.7327  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,271	6.7317  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		8,746	6.7357  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		15,810	7.8848  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		138	7.8744  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		69,303	6.7300  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,044	7.8459  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		430	6.7327  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,839	6.7327  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		292	6.7415  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		7,055	6.7399  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,909	7.8970  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		396,968	6.7300  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		20,805	7.8460  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		21,837	6.7471  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,444	6.7451  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		12,768	7.8960  EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,006	6.7300  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		400	6.7245  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,291	6.7300  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19,235	6.7405  GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		68,605	6.7474  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 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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