Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC Replacement.


    21 July 2026 16:27:08
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RNS Number : 2800N
Barclays PLC
21 July 2026
 

FORM 8.5 Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 9830M published at 08:59 on 20/07/2026, changes made to section 2A,3A

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

APOLLO MANAGEMENT X, L.P. (TOGETHER WITH APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES), ON BEHALF OF CERTAIN OF ITS MANAGED FUNDS

 

principal trader is connected

 

 

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

 

17 Jul 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:

 

 

9,796,206

1.29%

7,524,231

0.99%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

6,953,807

0.92%

9,947,097

1.31%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

16,750,013

2.21%

17,471,328

2.30%

(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

140,756

7.9400  EUR

7.9319  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

3,832

8.0080  EUR

7.9160  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

693,808

6.8000  GBP

6.7180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,186,150

6.7940  GBP

6.7179  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

Increasing Long

332

6.7368  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,779

6.7437  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,442

6.7425  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

6.7179  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,782

6.7675  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,071

6.7676  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

300

6.7945  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,302

6.7677  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,327

6.7627  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

22,777

6.7432  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,627

6.7754  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

59,343

6.7180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

915

6.7560  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

85,317

6.7190  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

71,916

6.7454  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

17,892

6.7454  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

127,000

6.7519  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

127,000

7.9390  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

97

6.7401  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2

7.9400  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

19,702

6.7485  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,772

6.7551  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

226

7.9402  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,022

7.9400  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Closing Short

1,808

7.9160  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

1,022

7.9160  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

15,508

6.7485  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

3,358

6.7330  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,350

6.7183  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

200

6.7437  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

63

6.7437  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

231

6.7619  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,512

6.7425  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

101

6.7368  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

351

6.7368  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,262

6.7425  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,741

6.7773  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,436

6.7452  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

254,212

6.7620  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,666

6.7407  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,101

6.7436  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,937

6.7407  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

87

6.7447  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17

6.7671  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

27,246

6.7594  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

136,819

7.9366  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

3,294

7.9400  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

1,022

7.9400  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,362

6.7577  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1

6.7700  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,714

6.7533  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,820

6.7636  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

27,544

6.7180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,856

6.7501  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

17,377

6.7239  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,756

6.7448  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,232

6.7350  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

438

6.8004  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,000

8.0071  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

7,720

6.7180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

265

6.7858  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,210

6.7666  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

181,536

6.7221  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,988

6.7803  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

109,964

6.7531  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

417

7.9325  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

50,350

6.7590  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,359

6.7632  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

63,010

6.7180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

53,278

6.7180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

536

6.8005  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,669

6.7180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,466

6.7347  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,070

6.7579  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

903

6.7610  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,427

6.7622  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,451

6.7416  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

40,470

6.7574  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

77,060

6.7574  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

32,835

6.7180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,342

6.7554  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,311

6.7592  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,630

6.7477  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,978

6.7642  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

120,477

6.7700  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?

NO

Date of disclosure:

21 Jul 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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