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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC.

    22 September 2026 12:03:10
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 8177V
Barclays PLC
22 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:

 

21 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:

 

 

18,042,943

2.38%

4,381,496

0.58%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

4,350,288

0.57%

17,140,811

2.26%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

100,353

0.01%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

22,393,231

2.95%

21,622,660

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

2,556

7.8260  EUR

7.8020  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

19

7.8100  EUR

7.8100  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

587,869

6.7160  GBP

6.6900  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

Sale

600,982

6.7140  GBP

6.6880  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

174

6.7023  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

11,325

6.7013  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,495

6.7023  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

473

6.7008  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

200

6.6929  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

58,916

6.6988  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

58

6.7005  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

48,799

6.7060  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

608

7.8260  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

370

6.7200  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

35,938

6.7056  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,500

6.6926  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

46,809

6.7032  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,000

6.7097  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,000

7.8192  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,784

6.7059  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

204

7.8090  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

24,482

6.7027  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

88

6.7054  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,104

6.7013  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,235

6.7013  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

43,485

6.7060  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

547

6.7023  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

59

6.7023  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

146

6.7023  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

12

6.7022  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

480

6.7023  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

17,056

6.7046  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,344

6.7053  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

61

6.6975  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

111,000

6.7060  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

111,000

6.7060  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

725

7.8020  EUR

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

43,804

6.7038  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,731

6.7062  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,109

6.7116  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

759

6.7059  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

21

6.6976  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

52

6.6975  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

206

6.6940  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,206

6.6993  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,195

6.7086  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,678

6.7051  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

12,040

6.7060  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

993

6.7160  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,130

6.6942  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,105

6.7060  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,987

6.6931  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,126

6.6970  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

110

6.6965  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

14,267

6.7026  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

2,817

6.7026  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,486

6.7032  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

115

6.6998  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

94

6.7001  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15

6.7020  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

793

6.7005  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

731

6.7097  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,540

6.6977  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,732

6.7060  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,781

6.6915  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

361

6.7000  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

248

6.6952  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,709

6.7001  GBP

27 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

19,514

6.6984  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:

22 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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