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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC.

    21 September 2026 11:44:00
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 6108V
Barclays PLC
21 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:

 

18 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:

 

 

18,029,360

2.38%

4,357,337

0.57%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

4,312,108

0.57%

17,119,557

2.26%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

100,353

0.01%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

22,341,468

2.95%

21,577,247

2.85%

(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

809

7.7790  EUR

7.7620  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

751

7.7900  EUR

7.7700  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

10,814,139

6.7060  GBP

6.6720  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

11,607,668

6.7100  GBP

6.6720  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

1,114

6.6742  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,307

6.6741  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,388

6.6746  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

696

6.6832  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

126

6.6871  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

22,914

6.7106  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

1,044,986

6.7106  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

128

6.6867  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,818

6.6852  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

35,531

6.6740  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

15,718

6.6803  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

21,259

6.6737  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Closing Short

83,518

6.6734  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

53,342

6.6734  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

19

7.7889  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

14,124

6.6740  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

53

7.7779  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,394

6.6746  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

161

6.6742  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

998

6.6741  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

57

6.6741  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

76,386

6.6740  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

719

6.6746  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

390

6.6742  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,081

6.6742  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

647

6.6748  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,586

6.6766  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

13,471

6.6766  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5

6.6740  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

52

6.6824  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

36,300

6.6740  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

152

6.6860  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,411

6.6784  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

24

7.7837  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,519

6.6740  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

18

6.6824  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

49

6.6824  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

42,610

6.6855  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

167

6.6889  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,097

6.6876  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,966

6.6783  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

84,424

6.6740  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,392

6.6774  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,886

6.6740  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,640

6.6745  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

294

6.6740  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

456

6.6771  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

11,181

6.6740  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

448,916

6.6740  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

64

6.6764  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9

6.6806  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7

6.6765  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3

6.6720  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,118

6.6740  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

14,578

6.6740  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

522

6.6855  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

114,465

6.6726  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

116

6.6720  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

86,283

6.6726  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

46,551

6.6761  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,858

6.6843  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:

21 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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