26th Oct 2026 08:51
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: |
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(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 |
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(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
| 23 Oct 2026 | ||||
(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | NO |
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| trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 27 2/7p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 23,901,957 | 3.15% | 2,087,832 | 0.28% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 2,100,435 | 0.28% | 22,557,448 | 2.98% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 100,353 | 0.01% |
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| 26,002,392 | 3.43% | 24,745,633 | 3.26% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Total number of | Highest price per unit | Lowest price per unit | |||
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27 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 12,630 | 8.1200 EUR | 8.1000 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 6,440 | 8.1280 EUR | 8.1020 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,124,501 | 6.8140 GBP | 6.7880 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 811,686 | 6.8074 GBP | 6.7880 GBP | |||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 852 | 6.7959 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 525 | 6.7905 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 56 | 6.7925 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 73 | 6.7945 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 19,346 | 6.7971 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 64 | 6.8022 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 621 | 6.7920 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 16,400 | 6.7903 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 24,855 | 6.7917 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,860 | 6.7937 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 350 | 6.7935 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 6,979 | 8.1028 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 12,825 | 6.7900 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,161 | 6.7929 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 21 | 8.1019 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 112,322 | 6.7957 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 42 | 8.1045 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Opening Long | 780 | 8.1020 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 15,641 | 6.7910 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 759 | 6.7903 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 43,229 | 6.7916 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 906 | 6.7905 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 179 | 6.7959 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 46 | 6.7906 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 15,110 | 6.7927 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,797 | 6.7926 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,564 | 6.7916 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 1,390 | 6.7897 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,011 | 6.7929 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 3 | 6.7900 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 703 | 6.7906 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 18,081 | 6.7928 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,326 | 6.7904 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 6,945 | 6.7914 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 161 | 8.1151 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 6 | 8.1000 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 930 | 8.1160 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 100,000 | 6.7992 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 290 | 6.7897 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 26,100 | 6.7900 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 8,712 | 6.7925 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 25,046 | 6.7903 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,634 | 6.7919 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 127 | 6.7924 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 350 | 8.1026 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 2,989 | 8.1200 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 99 | 6.7956 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,590 | 6.7900 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 25,913 | 6.7900 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 3,706 | 8.1200 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 153 | 6.7968 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 13,253 | 6.7927 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 584 | 6.7940 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,012 | 6.7941 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,906 | 6.7962 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 86,901 | 6.7933 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 663,099 | 6.7933 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 17,253 | 6.7900 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 105,570 | 6.7890 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 144 | 6.7920 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 17,106 | 6.7924 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 18,619 | 6.7922 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 230,182 | 6.7900 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | YES | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 26 Oct 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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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: | |||||||
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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 | |
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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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