17th Aug 2026 09:11
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: |
| 14 Aug 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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| 11,619,637 | 1.53% | 6,187,813 | 0.82% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 6,175,520 | 0.81% | 11,142,237 | 1.47% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 100,353 | 0.01% |
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| 17,795,157 | 2.35% | 17,430,403 | 2.30% |
(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 | 44,087 | 7.8720 EUR | 7.8687 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 25,734 | 7.8320 EUR | 7.8320 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,163,790 | 6.7440 GBP | 6.7100 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,089,519 | 6.7405 GBP | 6.7098 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 | 385 | 6.7374 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 294 | 6.7276 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,796 | 6.7336 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,124 | 6.7335 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,171 | 6.7335 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,800 | 6.7100 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 609 | 6.7336 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 11,177 | 6.7325 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 20,155 | 6.7100 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9 | 6.7359 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 343 | 6.7107 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 54,713 | 6.7155 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 12,531 | 6.7280 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 15,227 | 7.8696 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 20,178 | 6.7100 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 100,000 | 6.7184 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 5,470 | 6.7156 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 11,030 | 7.8720 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 100,000 | 6.7364 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 30,500 | 6.7180 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 1,398 | 6.7385 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,109 | 6.7276 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 17 | 6.7374 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 453 | 6.7374 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,052 | 6.7276 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 899 | 6.7125 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,781 | 6.7270 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,049 | 6.7131 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 2,696 | 6.7300 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 206 | 6.7100 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 77,357 | 6.7121 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 9,959 | 7.8320 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 29,052 | 6.7385 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 69 | 6.7124 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,076 | 6.7125 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 41,542 | 6.7098 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,176 | 6.7363 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 17,830 | 7.8720 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,707 | 6.7276 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,912 | 6.7100 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 15,775 | 7.8320 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 585 | 6.7269 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 11,654 | 6.7291 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 429 | 6.7129 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 61,311 | 6.7269 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 22,136 | 6.7175 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 575 | 6.7321 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,851 | 6.7268 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,021 | 6.7193 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: | 17 Aug 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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