8th Sep 2026 11:21
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: |
| 07 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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| 15,846,780 | 2.09% | 5,263,774 | 0.69% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 5,179,104 | 0.68% | 15,869,342 | 2.09% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 100,353 | 0.01% |
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| 21,025,884 | 2.77% | 21,233,469 | 2.80% |
(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 | 12,088 | 7.8240 EUR | 7.8022 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 312 | 7.8200 EUR | 7.7980 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 563,564 | 6.7250 GBP | 6.7100 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 452,196 | 6.7260 GBP | 6.7130 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 | 352 | 6.7171 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 174 | 6.7173 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 9,198 | 6.7183 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 131 | 6.7185 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,013 | 6.7204 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 270 | 6.7207 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 73 | 6.7160 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,003 | 6.7223 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 192 | 6.7190 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,668 | 6.7199 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 76,890 | 6.7160 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 615 | 6.7000 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 5,241 | 6.7156 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 39,879 | 6.7200 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 33,942 | 6.7195 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 2,588 | 6.7171 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 11,946 | 7.8031 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 15,000 | 6.7160 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 312 | 7.8121 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 15,614 | 6.7227 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 50,000 | 6.7144 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,795 | 6.7185 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,545 | 6.7191 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 32 | 6.7178 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,828 | 6.7183 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5 | 6.7171 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 14 | 6.7171 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,948 | 6.7183 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 528 | 6.7190 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 73 | 6.7160 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 615 | 6.7205 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 2,810 | 6.7205 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 14,240 | 6.7173 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,583 | 6.7198 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 9,449 | 6.7192 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 142 | 7.8245 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 68 | 6.7160 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,691 | 6.7198 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 82,291 | 6.7189 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 16 | 6.7190 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 46 | 6.7190 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 38,662 | 6.7196 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,245 | 6.7170 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,814 | 6.7191 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,113 | 6.7230 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Closing Short | 10,410 | 6.7260 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Opening Long | 2,691 | 6.7260 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 565 | 6.7208 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 1,985 | 6.7208 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 369 | 6.7160 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,765 | 6.7160 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Closing Long | 2,691 | 6.7160 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 371 | 6.7130 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,265 | 6.7160 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 372 | 6.7250 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 1,984 | 6.7160 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 3,035 | 6.7160 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 3,035 | 6.7188 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 799 | 6.7188 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,759 | 6.7260 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 2,558 | 6.7231 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 11,994 | 6.7231 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 11,994 | 6.7135 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 35,718 | 6.7135 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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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: | 08 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 | -100,353 | 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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