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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC Replacement.

    26 August 2026 15:22:41
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 3044S
Barclays PLC
26 August 2026
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)  Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 5739Q  published at 10:02 on 13/08/2026 , 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

 relevant securities this form relates:

EASYJET PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

 principal trader is connected

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))

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

05 Aug 2026

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

 trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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:

10,415,099

1.37%

5,798,831

0.77%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

5,814,368

0.77%

11,142,628

1.47%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

100,353

0.01%

 

 TOTAL:

 

16,229,467

2.14%

17,041,812

2.25%

**Note: Please consider the impact of the purchase cancellation. The position was over disclosed, and the change of 567,242 shares remained applicable until 18 August 2026."

 

 








(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)

Purchase and sales

 






Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Total number of

 securities

Highest price per unit

 paid/received

Lowest price per unit

 paid/received

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

10292

7.5326  EUR

7.5326  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

33995

7.5740  EUR

7.5310  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

861035

6.5180  GBP

6.4400  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1474821

6.5184  GBP

6.4315  GBP

 








(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,533

6.4523  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,003

6.4556  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,854

6.4640  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,017

6.4639  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

60,100

6.5180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

491

6.4653  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,375

6.4611  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,859

6.5180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

889

6.4619  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

120,032

6.5180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

494

7.5310  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

34,089

6.5180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

82,881

6.5183  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

20,280

6.4861  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

6,075

6.4541  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

19,889

7.5463  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

11,330

6.4670  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

5,254

6.4440  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

927

7.5450  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,222

6.4444  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

65

7.5026  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

627

7.5459  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

212,101

6.4579  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,537

6.4697  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

1

6.4525  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

62

6.4559  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

444

6.4523  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,280

6.4523  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,166

6.5090  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,973

6.4679  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,619

6.4695  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

9,381

6.4712  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

10,227

7.5336  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

13,979

6.4831  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

30

7.5490  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

12,028

7.5739  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

903

6.5176  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

102,533

6.5180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

915

6.5090  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,714

6.5090  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,803

6.5180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,205

6.5056  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

10,338

6.4715  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,440

6.5180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

52,689

6.5180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

64,148

6.5180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

267,516

6.5180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

3,982

6.4641  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

316

6.5180  GBP

 








(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit

 

 

 

 

 

 








(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 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:

26-Aug-26

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 
















SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

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

 are being disclosed:

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

 relevant securities this from relates:

EASYJET PLC

 








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

 








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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