30th Sep 2026 18:13
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 7876W published at 11:39 on 29/09/2026, changes made to section 2A,3A | |||||||
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: |
| 28 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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| 19,455,386 | 2.57% | 4,119,190 | 0.54% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 4,041,116 | 0.53% | 18,557,367 | 2.45% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 100,353 | 0.01% |
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| 23,496,502 | 3.10% | 22,776,910 | 3.00% |
(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 | 5,789 | 7.8600 EUR | 7.8120 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 728 | 7.8600 EUR | 7.8500 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,781,544 | 6.7460 GBP | 6.7300 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,571,508 | 6.7460 GBP | 6.7300 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 Long | 655 | 6.7400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 176 | 6.7389 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 430 | 6.7399 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 115 | 6.7415 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 10 | 6.7400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 29,101 | 6.7394 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 57 | 6.7445 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 23,017 | 6.7400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 400 | 7.8500 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 39,658 | 6.7400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 17,217 | 6.7383 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,500 | 6.7456 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 431 | 6.7355 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 46,228 | 6.7329 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,244 | 6.7433 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 4,695 | 7.8498 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 19,437 | 6.7400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 84 | 7.8600 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Opening Short | 39,712 | 6.7429 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 37 | 7.8475 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13,463 | 6.7393 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,987 | 6.7395 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,987 | 6.7400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 69 | 6.7398 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 223 | 6.7398 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 92 | 6.7389 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 42 | 6.7389 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,233 | 6.7400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 243 | 6.7400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 716 | 6.7400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 301 | 6.7388 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 16,923 | 6.7394 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 83,400 | 6.7335 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 343 | 6.7383 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 72,590 | 6.7400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 72,590 | 6.7400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 20,214 | 6.7400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 51,963 | 6.7396 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,500 | 6.7476 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 15,530 | 6.7354 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 1,521 | 6.7359 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 3,453 | 6.7359 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 19 | 7.8605 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 3,393 | 6.7366 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 6 | 7.8566 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 131 | 6.7383 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 391 | 6.7383 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,347 | 6.7370 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 45,242 | 6.7401 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,058 | 6.7356 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 56 | 6.7400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,344 | 6.7385 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 18,566 | 6.7383 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 16,258 | 6.7389 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 7,127 | 6.7400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 3,154 | 6.7400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 91,133 | 6.7400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,577 | 6.7393 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 91,133 | 6.7340 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 45,045 | 6.7340 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,491 | 6.7370 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1 | 6.7340 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 372 | 6.7340 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 14,612 | 6.7384 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 12,894 | 6.7379 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,943 | 6.7359 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,409 | 6.7360 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 28,489 | 6.7386 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 46,076 | 6.7398 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 12,934 | 6.7396 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: | 30 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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