7th Sep 2026 11:08
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: |
| 04 Sep 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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| 15,703,864 | 2.07% | 5,244,002 | 0.69% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 5,154,833 | 0.68% | 15,720,495 | 2.07% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| and agreements to purchase/sell: |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 100,351 | 0.01% |
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| 20,858,697 | 2.75% | 21,064,848 | 2.78% |
(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 | 4,689 | 7.8325 EUR | 7.8069 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 174 | 7.7823 EUR | 7.7798 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 2,209,924 | 6.7300 GBP | 6.7020 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,299,204 | 6.7280 GBP | 6.7014 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 | Increasing Long | 210 | 6.7014 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 149 | 6.7080 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,612 | 6.7131 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 33 | 6.7260 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,325 | 6.7191 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 263 | 6.7184 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 20,500 | 6.7020 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 21,841 | 6.7207 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 260 | 6.7199 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,280 | 6.7216 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 59,717 | 6.7020 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 13 | 7.7760 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 75,000 | 6.7253 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 1,718 | 6.7046 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 519 | 6.7115 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 4,544 | 7.8077 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 9,901 | 6.7019 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 158 | 7.7798 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 60,582 | 6.7216 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 18 | 7.8144 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 15,896 | 6.7019 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 261,930 | 6.7133 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 454,619 | 6.7133 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 36,802 | 6.7189 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,002 | 6.7259 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 776 | 6.7023 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,687 | 6.7131 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 28 | 6.7192 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2 | 6.7014 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,764 | 6.7131 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 11,496 | 6.7093 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 20,759 | 6.7093 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 271 | 6.7194 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 20,500 | 6.7020 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 13,084 | 6.7137 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 1,718 | 6.7069 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 62,554 | 6.7069 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 4,152 | 6.7121 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 127 | 7.8330 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 83 | 6.7020 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 3 | 7.8100 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 18,577 | 6.7160 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 456 | 6.7088 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 114 | 6.7020 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 71 | 6.7194 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 42,341 | 6.7202 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 1,532 | 6.7202 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,855 | 6.7097 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1 | 6.7000 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 888 | 6.7020 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 1,532 | 6.7137 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 37,732 | 6.7137 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 523 | 6.7150 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 18,289 | 6.7020 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,054 | 6.7300 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 |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
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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: | 07 Sep 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 | -100,351 | 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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