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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC Replacement.

    04 September 2026 12:07:03
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 5048T
Barclays PLC
04 September 2026
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 1217T published at 11:41 on 02/09/2026 , 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

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:

 

01 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:

 

 

13,947,851

1.84%

5,543,300

0.73%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

5,503,063

0.73%

14,010,791

1.85%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

100,353

0.01%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

19,450,914

2.57%

19,654,444

2.59%

(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

11,997

7.8384  EUR

7.8382  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

875

7.8309  EUR

7.8309  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

689,487

6.7360  GBP

6.6920  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

902,927

6.7340  GBP

6.6920  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

21

6.6925  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3

6.7037  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,458

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,570

6.7219  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

275

6.7196  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,530

6.7208  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

358

6.7200  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,400

6.6920  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

16,013

6.7124  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

331

6.7194  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

19,489

6.7005  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

33,444

6.6920  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

7,159

6.7222  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

13,269

6.7260  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

11,695

6.6958  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

13,032

6.7216  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

5,372

6.7240  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,004

7.8388  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

12,356

6.6919  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

3,186

6.7283  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

40,261

6.7129  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

171

7.8425  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,444

6.7079  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

37,381

6.7253  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

113,668

6.7253  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,350

6.7003  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

54

6.7038  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

8

6.7038  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,100

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10

6.7205  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

48

6.6925  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

743

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21

6.7205  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

11,037

6.7186  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

58,487

6.7005  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,325

6.7186  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

51

6.7049  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,661

6.7158  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

13,032

6.6923  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

12,906

6.6923  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

6,625

6.7194  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

10,993

7.8393  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

21

6.6919  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,311

6.7160  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21

6.6925  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

26

6.7205  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

162,417

6.7043  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

39,163

6.7131  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,655

6.7114  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,347

6.6944  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

12,906

6.7079  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

68,186

6.7079  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

704

6.7064  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

704

7.8271  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Closing Short

79,575

6.7180  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,443

6.7105  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,400

6.6920  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,311

6.7147  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,254

6.7206  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,791

6.6919  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,141

6.7123  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,073

6.7230  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,163

6.6920  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

45,349

6.6921  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

713

6.7090  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

48,284

6.6920  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,990

6.7104  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,938

6.6920  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

520

6.7206  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

385

6.7100  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

714

6.7076  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,328

6.7108  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

25,426

6.7201  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

4,375

6.7201  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:

04 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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