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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC.

    03 September 2026 11:42:40
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 3123T
Barclays PLC
03 September 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:

 

02 Sep 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:

 

 

14,608,645

1.93%

5,407,104

0.71%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

5,370,211

0.71%

14,675,826

1.94%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

100,353

0.01%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

19,978,856

2.64%

20,183,283

2.66%

(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

5,723

7.8244  EUR

7.8244  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

5

7.8400  EUR

7.8100  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,213,415

6.7340  GBP

6.6899  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

522,143

6.7320  GBP

6.6960  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

16

6.7274  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3

6.7277  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

284

6.7239  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,709

6.7290  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

111

6.7248  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,294

6.7165  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

427

6.7179  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,301

6.7137  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

269

6.7184  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,864

6.7141  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

40,842

6.7320  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,866

6.7288  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

28,051

6.7316  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,389

6.7187  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,691

7.8253  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

7,872

6.7319  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3

7.8100  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

57,665

6.7203  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

32

7.8325  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

100,000

6.7160  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

182,772

6.7033  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

317,228

6.7034  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,198

6.7305  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

617

6.7281  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

983

6.7324  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

983

6.7320  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

8

6.7247  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

661

6.7252  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7

6.7274  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4

6.7274  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

444

6.7252  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

30,560

6.7268  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

5,570

6.7268  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,749

6.7289  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

51,569

6.7185  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

9,241

6.7315  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

8,219

6.7315  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

12,138

6.7156  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

4,302

6.7228  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,809

6.7320  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2

7.8400  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

50,000

6.7113  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

36,170

6.7074  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

695

6.7280  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,215

6.7297  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

37,008

6.7156  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,970

6.7320  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,798

6.7170  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

24,931

6.7320  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

726

6.7132  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,285

6.7320  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,958

6.7121  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,910

6.7220  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

22,480

6.7040  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

11,941

6.7040  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,323

6.7145  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,102

6.7106  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

10,720

6.7225  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

411

6.7225  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

411

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

52,976

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

52,976

6.7227  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:

03 Sep 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

-100,353

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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