Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

RNS Number : 3524R

Barclays PLC

19 August 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:				18 Aug 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:			10,696,139	1.41%	6,026,537	0.80%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,978,334	0.79%	10,725,731	1.41%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	100,351	0.01%

	TOTAL:			16,674,473	2.20%	16,852,619	2.22%
(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		23,875		7.8543 EUR	7.8537 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,003		7.8645 EUR	7.8600 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		839,955		6.7380 GBP	6.6920 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,122,233		6.7350 GBP	6.6918 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		3	6.7299 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,436	6.7124 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		23,194	6.7206 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18,784	6.7252 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,002	6.7252 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,900	6.6920 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,428	6.7252 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		102,655	6.7232 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		33,492	6.6920 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		54,411	6.7196 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		648	7.8600 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		32,961	6.7322 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		9,039	6.7048 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		83,000	6.7308 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		83,000	7.8670 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		19,961	6.6919 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		355	7.8645 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		318	6.7324 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		33,437	6.7150 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		437	6.7124 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		53	6.7299 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7	6.7299 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		789	6.7124 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		31,415	6.7093 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,115	6.7093 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		706	6.6991 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39	6.7153 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		32,961	6.6916 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		15,709	6.6916 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		180	6.7270 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		7,736	6.7222 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		23,704	7.8546 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		16,879	6.6920 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		19,773	6.7260 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		505	6.6991 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		922	6.6991 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,249	6.7272 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,400	6.7020 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		949	6.6975 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		16,091	6.7255 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		171	7.8549 EUR
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,796	6.7169 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,159	6.7077 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		34	6.6920 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		46,356	6.6918 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		458	6.6920 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,989	6.7244 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,052	6.6920 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,548	6.7172 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,058	6.7281 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		576	6.7189 GBP
27 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,735	6.7177 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:				19 Aug 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	-100,351	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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Market Cap	£66.57bn

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI EASYJET PLC

Date	19 Aug 2026
Time	11:38:37
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	3524R