16th Oct 2026 11:39
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: |
| 15 Oct 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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| 21,545,321 | 2.84% | 2,198,701 | 0.29% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 2,178,884 | 0.29% | 20,196,483 | 2.66% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 100,353 | 0.01% |
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| 23,724,205 | 3.13% | 22,495,537 | 2.97% |
(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 | 8,843 | 8.0800 EUR | 8.0500 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 3,044 | 8.0900 EUR | 8.0780 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 3,408,190 | 6.8500 GBP | 6.8160 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,790,126 | 6.8500 GBP | 6.8160 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 | Increasing Short | 127 | 6.8317 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 106 | 6.8330 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,002 | 6.8308 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 114 | 6.8355 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 241 | 6.8339 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 98,900 | 6.8340 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 12,643 | 6.8369 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 175 | 6.8375 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,750 | 6.8360 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 36,166 | 6.8340 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,149 | 6.8400 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 65,787 | 6.8343 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,929 | 6.8319 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 2,500 | 6.8390 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 5,497 | 8.0717 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 12,662 | 6.8340 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 846 | 6.8438 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 33,084 | 6.8391 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 18 | 8.0833 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 35,645 | 6.8300 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 250,000 | 6.8343 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,000 | 6.8360 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 65 | 6.8324 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,326 | 6.8324 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6 | 6.8330 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 163,259 | 6.8340 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 855 | 6.8308 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12 | 6.8317 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 45 | 6.8317 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 833 | 6.8308 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 2,299 | 6.8353 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 20,354 | 6.8353 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,477 | 6.8325 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 9,117 | 6.8427 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,041 | 6.8427 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,391 | 6.8324 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2 | 6.8350 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 98,900 | 6.8340 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,310 | 6.8302 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 61,700 | 6.8378 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 11,439 | 6.8340 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 3,317 | 6.8294 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 323 | 8.0506 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 11,594 | 6.8173 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 3 | 6.8466 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 32,116 | 6.8253 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 137,043 | 6.8340 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9 | 6.8355 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 18 | 6.8361 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 223,877 | 6.8487 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 123,794 | 6.8487 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,743 | 6.8340 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8,481 | 6.8339 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 15,022 | 6.8340 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 50,000 | 6.8379 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 3 | 8.0800 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 250,000 | 6.8513 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,035 | 6.8341 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 62,011 | 6.8340 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 687,656 | 6.8440 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 50,000 | 8.0900 EUR | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 250,000 | 6.8473 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,488 | 6.8391 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,036 | 6.8430 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 250,000 | 6.8472 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,022 | 6.8399 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 75,174 | 6.8274 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 25,926 | 6.8285 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 15,883 | 6.8340 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 707,358 | 6.8461 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 15,223 | 6.8461 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 100,000 | 6.8313 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 606 | 6.8306 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 15,223 | 6.8305 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17,884 | 6.8313 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 10,189 | 6.8340 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 100,000 | 6.8313 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 209 | 6.8423 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 108,926 | 6.8352 GBP | |||
27 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 33,118 | 6.8461 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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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: | 16 Oct 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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