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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

11th Aug 2026 11:42

RNS Number : 2214Q
Barclays PLC
11 August 2026
 

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:

 

(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

 

 

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

 

10 Aug 2026

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

NO

 

 

 

trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

 

 

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:

 

 

12,487,538

1.65%

7,282,405

0.96%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

7,261,846

0.96%

11,934,033

1.57%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

100,352

0.01%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

19,749,384

2.61%

19,316,790

2.55%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

 

 

options)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant security in relation to

 

 

 

 

which subscription right exists

 

 

 

 

Details, including nature of the rights

 

 

 

 

concerned and relevant percentages:

 

 

 

 

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Total number of

Highest price per unit

Lowest price per unit

security

 

securities

paid/received

paid/received

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

81,983

7.8540 EUR

7.8040 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

14,948

7.8540 EUR

7.8160 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,843,491

6.7505 GBP

6.6500 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,017,594

6.7513 GBP

6.6750 GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

 

reference

unit

security

 

 

securities

 

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,592

6.7054 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,613

6.7090 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,788

6.7086 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,834

6.7077 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

548

6.7088 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,405

6.7072 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

596

6.7327 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,167

6.6991 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

106,784

6.7500 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

14,389

6.7156 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

374

7.8180 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,207

6.7100 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

173,633

6.7126 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

178,000

6.6997 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

178,000

7.8240 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

32,253

6.7297 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Closing Short

14,629

6.6867 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

456

7.8160 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

7,797

6.6968 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

144,285

6.7500 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

157

7.8540 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,325

6.6728 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

725

6.7259 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,136

6.7436 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,136

6.7500 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

4,901

6.6500 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

97

6.7505 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1

6.7400 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,931

6.7221 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,164

6.7054 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,295

6.7054 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,691

6.7366 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

166,100

6.7500 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,835

6.7427 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,640

6.7362 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,090

6.7044 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

1,207

6.7483 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

32,713

6.7483 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,290

6.6990 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

28,128

6.7037 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

37,139

7.8302 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

10,224

6.7298 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

12,768

7.8039 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

200,000

6.7031 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,901

6.7366 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,796

6.7366 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,232

6.6905 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,314

6.7223 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,922

6.7141 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

439

6.7360 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

9,136

6.6919 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

31,919

7.8040 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,929

6.6928 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,415

6.7135 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,543

6.6950 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,715

6.7495 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

126

6.6984 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

13,804

7.8540 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

28,712

6.6971 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

51,101

6.7170 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,528

6.7017 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

20,539

6.7500 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,192

6.7500 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29,637

6.7096 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

384

6.7018 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,176

6.7500 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

94,534

6.7501 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,485

6.7483 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

76,683

6.7162 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

209

6.7013 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,106

6.7073 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

422

6.7102 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,188

6.7074 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

26,120

6.7135 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

41,025

6.7135 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,849

6.7240 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

41,025

6.7040 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

10,009

6.7040 GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

 

date

money

relevant

 

selling,

securities

per unit

 

 

paid/

security

 

varying etc

to which

 

 

 

received

 

 

 

option

 

 

 

per unit

 

 

 

relates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Exercising

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

 

 

securities

unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

 

 

applicable)

 

 

 

 

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:

11 Aug 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

-100,352

7.0573

European

09 Nov 2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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