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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

18th Aug 2026 17:47

RNS Number : 2055R
Barclays PLC
18 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:

 

17 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:

 

 

11,643,912

1.54%

6,149,912

0.81%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

6,151,630

0.81%

11,044,018

1.46%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

100,351

0.01%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

17,795,542

2.35%

17,294,281

2.28%

(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

40,761

7.8594 EUR

7.8320 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

50,089

7.8706 EUR

7.8340 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,018,313

6.7350 GBP

6.7200 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

946,809

6.7320 GBP

6.7198 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

159

6.7299 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

703

6.7301 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,735

6.7277 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,988

6.7280 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,100

6.7200 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

465

6.7275 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,824

6.7265 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

51,418

6.7200 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25,211

6.7295 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,358

6.7228 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

9,615

6.7270 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

13,909

7.8604 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

18,755

6.7200 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

404

7.8675 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

47

7.8287 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

50,000

6.7331 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,941

6.7219 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

11,030

7.8340 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

178

6.7206 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

71

6.7239 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

30

6.7205 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

177

6.7299 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

22

6.7241 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

127

6.7224 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

422

6.7279 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,645

6.7300 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

4,232

6.7254 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

515

7.8711 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

108

7.8633 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

37,836

6.7200 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Closing Short

11,227

7.8340 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

4,548

7.8340 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

140

6.7224 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,991

6.7273 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

943

6.7213 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

450

6.7245 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,488

6.7300 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

4,548

7.8320 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

6,482

7.8320 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,935

6.7269 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,207

6.7200 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

15,775

7.8320 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

55,548

6.7198 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,197

6.7280 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,002

7.8340 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

49,970

6.7284 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

12,627

6.7280 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Closing Short

19,255

7.8340 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,508

6.7310 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,434

6.7306 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,007

6.7289 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

25,000

6.7248 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,927

6.7303 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

21,580

6.7329 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,095

6.7261 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:

18 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

-100,351

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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