26th Aug 2026 15:21
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 5739Q published at 10:02 on 13/08/2026 , 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 relevant securities this form relates: | EASYJET PLC | |||||
(c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected | 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)) | |||||
(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 05 Aug 2026 | |||||
(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | NO | |||||
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: | 10,415,099 | 1.37% | 5,798,831 | 0.77% | |||
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: | 5,814,368 | 0.77% | 11,142,628 | 1.47% | |||
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 100,353 | 0.01% | |||
TOTAL: | 16,229,467 | 2.14% | 17,041,812 | 2.25% | |||
**Note: Please consider the impact of the purchase cancellation. The position was over disclosed, and the change of 567,242 shares remained applicable until 18 August 2026."
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(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive options) | ||||||
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchase and sales |
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Class of relevant security | Purchase/sale | Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received | Lowest price per unit paid/received | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 10292 | 7.5326 EUR | 7.5326 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 33995 | 7.5740 EUR | 7.5310 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 861035 | 6.5180 GBP | 6.4400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 1474821 | 6.5184 GBP | 6.4315 GBP | |||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions | ||||||
Class of relevant security | Product description | Nature of dealing | Number of reference securities | Price per unit | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,533 | 6.4523 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,003 | 6.4556 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,854 | 6.4640 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,017 | 6.4639 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 60,100 | 6.5180 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 491 | 6.4653 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,375 | 6.4611 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 28,859 | 6.5180 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 889 | 6.4619 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 120,032 | 6.5180 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 494 | 7.5310 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 34,089 | 6.5180 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 82,881 | 6.5183 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 20,280 | 6.4861 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 6,075 | 6.4541 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 19,889 | 7.5463 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 11,330 | 6.4670 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 5,254 | 6.4440 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 927 | 7.5450 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,222 | 6.4444 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 65 | 7.5026 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 627 | 7.5459 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 212,101 | 6.4579 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,537 | 6.4697 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 1 | 6.4525 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 62 | 6.4559 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 444 | 6.4523 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,280 | 6.4523 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,166 | 6.5090 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,973 | 6.4679 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,619 | 6.4695 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 9,381 | 6.4712 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 10,227 | 7.5336 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 13,979 | 6.4831 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 30 | 7.5490 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 12,028 | 7.5739 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 903 | 6.5176 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 102,533 | 6.5180 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 915 | 6.5090 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,714 | 6.5090 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,803 | 6.5180 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 15,205 | 6.5056 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 10,338 | 6.4715 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,440 | 6.5180 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 52,689 | 6.5180 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 64,148 | 6.5180 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 267,516 | 6.5180 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 3,982 | 6.4641 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 316 | 6.5180 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) | ||||||
(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying | ||||||
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 | Option money paid/ received per unit |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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Class of relevant security | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit | |||
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) | ||||||
Class of relevant security | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) | ||||
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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: | 26-Aug-26 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS) | |||||||
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 are being disclosed: | BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD | ||||||
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this from relates: | EASYJET PLC | ||||||
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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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