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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

12th Aug 2026 11:29

RNS Number : 4009Q
Barclays PLC
12 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:

 

11 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:

 

 

12,019,185

1.59%

6,978,411

0.92%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

6,980,926

0.92%

11,538,860

1.52%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

100,352

0.01%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

19,000,111

2.51%

18,617,623

2.46%

(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

32,809

7.8700 EUR

7.8654 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

6,707

7.8860 EUR

7.8520 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,460,728

6.7410 GBP

6.7160 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,651,189

6.7500 GBP

6.7240 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

304

6.7301 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

62

6.7363 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

228

6.7360 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,863

6.7291 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,194

6.7289 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

30,300

6.7360 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

594

6.7290 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,160

6.7308 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,986

6.7326 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

904

6.7361 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

109,688

6.7360 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,124

6.7352 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

879

7.8650 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

10,009

6.7390 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

3,170

6.7390 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

148,584

6.7337 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

3,736

6.7250 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

123

7.8705 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

5,813

6.7500 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

800

7.8761 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

7

7.8914 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

95,121

6.7360 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

12,768

7.8660 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100,000

6.7301 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,154

6.7324 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,154

6.7360 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2

6.7315 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

6

6.7363 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

852

6.7352 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

204,892

6.7283 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3

6.7301 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

315

6.7301 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

449

6.7378 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

41,723

6.7360 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,162

6.7359 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,869

6.7366 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,871

6.7352 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,859

6.7297 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

16,305

6.7288 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

19,918

7.8663 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,775

6.7360 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

165,153

6.7360 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,021

7.8519 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23,121

6.7288 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2

6.7379 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

467

6.7378 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

510,775

6.7360 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

44,495

6.7361 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

754

6.7296 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

407

6.7332 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

550

6.7364 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,000

7.8851 EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

18,799

6.7359 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,035

6.7355 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

1,053

6.7272 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

4,783

6.7272 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,854

6.7362 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

450

6.7385 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

11,029

6.7359 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,246

6.7300 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,329

6.7357 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,814

6.7360 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,368

6.7349 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,211

6.7355 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,105

6.7356 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

135

6.7367 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

52,813

6.7314 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,011

6.7358 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

32,302

6.7341 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

94,607

6.7240 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,136

6.7315 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,883

6.7342 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

592

6.7307 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

143

6.7343 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,105

6.7298 GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

93,033

6.7312 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:

12 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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