Press release
November 10, 2026
Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC
easyJet plc (EZJ)
RNS Number : 5702C
Barclays PLC
10 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:
09 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:
21,947,550
2.90%
1,322,758
0.17%
(2)
Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled:
1,362,751
0.18%
20,563,817
2.71%
(3)
Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
TOTAL:
23,310,301
3.08%
21,886,575
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
8,716
8.2340 EUR
8.2112 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
Sale
177
8.2275 EUR
8.2146 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
Purchase
1,110,153
7.0573 GBP
6.8427 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
Sale
606,082
6.8710 GBP
6.8454 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
Decreasing Long
1,899
8.2000 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
87
6.8400 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
14,116
6.8703 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
22,836
6.8696 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
3,834
6.8617 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Increasing Long
2,888
6.8535 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Increasing Short
1
8.2100 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
1,716
6.8700 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Long
3,619
6.8541 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
3
8.2133 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
210
6.8335 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Increasing Short
292
8.2252 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
686
6.8664 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
58,228
6.8700 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
92
6.8684 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
3,070
6.8688 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
1,251
6.8637 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
241
6.8352 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Long
289
6.8700 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Increasing Long
3,537
6.8584 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Increasing Short
6,424
8.2148 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
89
6.8580 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
57,472
6.8657 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
76,330
6.8700 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Long
74
6.8645 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
CFD
Decreasing Short
74
8.2266 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
5,898
6.8545 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
6,669
6.8700 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
17,099
6.8683 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
106
6.8700 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Long
3,048
6.8700 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Closing Long
22,506
6.8633 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Opening Short
55,924
6.8633 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
3,142
6.8623 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
40,838
6.8699 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
87
6.8663 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
53,977
6.8700 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
18,274
6.8651 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
691
6.8543 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
69
6.8560 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing Short
158,732
6.8625 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary
SWAP
Decreasing Short
3,368
6.8454 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?
NO
Date of disclosure:
10 Nov 2026
Contact name:
Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:
020 3134 7213
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