Press release
November 9, 2026
Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC
easyJet plc (EZJ)
RNS Number : 3360C
Barclays PLC
09 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:
06 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:
21,606,692
2.85%
1,494,510
0.20%
(2)
Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled:
1,525,602
0.20%
20,276,784
2.68%
(3)
Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00%
100,353
0.01%
TOTAL:
23,132,294
3.05%
21,871,647
2.89%
(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
3,300
8.2508 EUR
8.1700 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
Sale
1,064
8.2600 EUR
8.1700 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
Purchase
500,214
6.8903 GBP
6.8390 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
Sale
1,193,656
6.8910 GBP
6.8390 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
300
6.8505 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
2,157
8.2521 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
18
6.9000 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Closing Short
351
6.8856 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
13,853
6.8443 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
1,880
6.8436 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
2,343
6.8477 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
2,522
6.8440 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Long
1,705
6.8826 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
5
8.2400 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
19
8.2594 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
204,191
6.8853 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
201,126
6.8865 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
350,255
6.8865 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
16,019
6.8443 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
927
6.8443 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
101,675
6.8440 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
92
6.8508 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
4,518
6.8421 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
873
6.8637 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
38,865
6.8514 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
481
6.8567 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Increasing Short
103
8.2239 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
18,002
6.8887 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
30,617
6.8887 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
159
6.8613 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
8
6.8387 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
3,075
6.8601 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
28
6.8420 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
1,195
6.8396 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
33,135
6.8440 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
4,965
6.8534 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
7,780
6.8440 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
9,189
6.8498 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
6,008
6.8569 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
571
6.8440 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
36,470
6.8476 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
1,789
6.8514 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
43,673
6.8440 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
14,000
6.8442 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
113
6.8577 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Closing Long
1,224
6.8440 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Opening Short
11,777
6.8440 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
9,638
6.8579 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
73,402
6.8572 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
23,906
6.8467 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
201
6.8506 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
585
6.8712 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:
09 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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