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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

4th Sep 2026 11:50

RNS Number : 4989T
Barclays PLC
04 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:

 

03 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:

 

 

14,885,502

1.96%

5,340,875

0.70%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

5,247,926

0.69%

14,900,589

1.97%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

100,353

0.01%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

20,133,428

2.66%

20,341,817

2.68%

(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

15,978

7.8180 EUR

7.8174 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,855

7.8480 EUR

7.8300 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

934,860

6.7491 GBP

6.7040 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

604,897

6.7458 GBP

6.7197 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 Long

494

6.7311 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19

6.7274 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

163

6.7274 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

100

6.7327 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,407

6.7317 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

337

6.7316 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

21,530

6.7240 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

50,593

6.7269 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

259

6.7325 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

16,858

6.7269 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

70,337

6.7240 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

363

6.7286 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,763

7.8300 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,403

6.7376 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

46,468

6.7046 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

69,000

6.7357 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

69,000

7.8330 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

13,547

6.7240 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

292

7.8303 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

42,317

6.7296 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

27

7.8366 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

18,577

6.7240 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27,028

6.7241 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,000

6.7300 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

562

6.7266 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

92

6.7311 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

147

6.7311 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

542

6.7266 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,526

6.7277 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

12,759

6.7277 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

173

6.7265 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

164

6.7240 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,530

6.7240 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,957

6.7305 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,527

6.7264 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

73,170

6.7243 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

81,319

6.7347 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

14,119

6.7241 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

15,941

7.8182 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

8,043

6.7239 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,666

6.7268 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3

6.7265 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

29,532

6.7299 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

859

6.7266 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

13,650

6.7244 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

46,468

6.7046 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

759

6.7404 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

800

7.8471 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,106

6.7320 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

39,690

6.7361 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,810

6.7361 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,791

6.7223 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

10

7.8190 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

969

6.7279 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

1,810

6.7240 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

48

6.7297 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,205

6.7286 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,650

6.7256 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,233

6.7241 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:

04 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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