Press release
November 5, 2026
Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC
easyJet plc (EZJ)
RNS Number : 9844B
Barclays PLC
05 November 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:
04 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:
24,173,580
3.19%
1,474,349
0.19%
(2)
Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled:
1,442,423
0.19%
22,796,568
3.01%
(3)
Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00%
100,353
0.01%
TOTAL:
25,616,003
3.38%
24,371,270
3.22%
(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
12,547
8.2180 EUR
8.1830 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
Sale
3,906
8.2100 EUR
8.1640 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
Purchase
1,079,172
6.8860 GBP
6.7998 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
Sale
814,529
6.8873 GBP
6.8020 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
164,551
6.8860 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
1,900
8.1700 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
21
6.8000 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
14,977
6.8863 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
87,345
6.8850 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
6,687
6.8586 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Closing Long
5,482
6.8631 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Long
2,217
6.8112 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
3,411
8.1711 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
7,804
6.8859 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
25
8.1644 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Increasing Short
108
8.1662 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
72
6.8495 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
19,304
6.8860 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
92
6.8668 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
9,559
6.8849 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
19,073
6.8557 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
962
6.8210 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
11,095
6.8860 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
8,031
6.8388 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
1,574
6.8344 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Long
1,194
6.8170 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Increasing Short
9,694
8.1866 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
53,253
6.8860 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
2,317
6.8491 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
13,219
6.8317 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
265
6.8270 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Increasing Long
8,892
6.8307 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Increasing Short
375
8.1914 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
45
6.8160 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
3,829
6.8283 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
11,689
6.8335 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Increasing Long
1,176
6.8158 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
3,170
6.8162 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
9,925
6.8860 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
54,825
6.8860 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
2,162
6.8172 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
5,901
6.8245 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
371
6.8238 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
24,486
6.8334 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Closing Long
11,528
6.8857 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Opening Short
23,658
6.8857 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
5,088
6.8316 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
2,951
6.8860 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Closing Short
25,795
6.8040 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Opening Long
47,176
6.8040 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
8,241
6.8322 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
12,718
6.8287 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
201
6.8156 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
72
6.8020 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Closing Long
51,524
6.8273 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:
05 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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