Press release
November 6, 2026
Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC Replacement
easyJet plc (EZJ)
RNS Number : 1497C
Barclays PLC
06 November 2026
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Amendment – this form replaces RNS number 6469B published at 13:27 on 03/11/2026, changes made to section 2a and 3b
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 Nov 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:
23,767,129
3.14%
1,444,497
0.19%
(2)
Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled:
1,413,862
0.19%
22,380,371
2.95%
(3)
Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00%
100,353
0.01%
TOTAL:
25,180,991
3.32%
23,925,221
3.16%
(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
3,419
8.1600 EUR
8.1122 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
Sale
2,206
8.1500 EUR
8.1320 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
Purchase
1,358,444
6.8160 GBP
6.7950 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
Sale
912,670
6.8131 GBP
6.7928 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 Short
23,704
6.8006 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
165
6.8035 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
111
6.7965 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
56
6.7985 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
10,137
6.8042 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
55
6.7965 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
58,662
6.7980 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
46,078
6.7980 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
34,857
6.7976 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Opening Short
19,219
6.7981 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Long
2,205
6.7978 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Long
56,000
6.8138 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
56,000
8.1500 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
12,679
6.7979 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
99
8.1354 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Increasing Short
136
8.1363 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
50,000
6.8072 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
2,185
6.8129 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
30,652
6.7980 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
92
6.7992 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
20,134
6.8008 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
16,477
6.8054 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Closing Long
445
6.7980 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
39,048
6.7995 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
75
6.7980 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Increasing Long
1,176
6.7986 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Increasing Short
1,000
8.1400 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
3,525
6.7970 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
19,100
6.7980 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
1,813
6.8060 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
5,538
6.8000 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Increasing Short
176
8.1336 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
100,000
6.8105 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
3,736
6.7980 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
74,613
6.7980 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
100,000
6.7953 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
16,908
6.7980 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Closing Short
99,295
6.8080 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Opening Long
9,862
6.8080 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
4,294
6.7980 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Closing Long
9,862
6.8059 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Opening Short
83,258
6.8059 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
3,336
6.7980 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:
06 Nov 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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