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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC Replacement

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 6415W
Barclays PLC
13 March 2026
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 3400V published at 11:52 on 04/03/2026, changes made to section 2A

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

 

BEAZLEY PLC

 

relevant securities this form relates:

 

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

BEAZLEY PLC

 

principal trader is connected

 

 

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

 

03 Mar 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:

5p ordinary

 

Interests

Short Positions

 

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

9,983,112

1.66%

4,612,914

0.77%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

177,294

0.03%

8,438,976

1.41%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

10,160,406

1.69%

13,051,890

2.18%

(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

5p ordinary

Purchase

3,040,574

12.9200  GBP

12.9000  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

6,532,416

12.9322  GBP

12.8959  GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

 

reference

unit

security

 

 

securities

 

5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

400,000

12.8959  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

126,782

12.8973  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

74,254

12.8990  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,042,019

12.9000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,415

12.9001  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

405,911

12.9007  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

650,929

12.9013  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23,377

12.9019  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

123,962

12.9020  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

161,878

12.9023  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

144,254

12.9024  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

179,621

12.9031  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

153,767

12.9032  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,436

12.9037  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,440

12.9050  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

60,922

12.9064  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,981

12.9085  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16,100

12.9090  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

409

12.9123  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

285,719

12.9000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

158

12.9003  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

89,741

12.9006  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

498,225

12.9009  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

24,315

12.9010  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

79,482

12.9019  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,384

12.9025  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

53,639

12.9041  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

396

12.9050  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,273

12.9065  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

90,144

12.9068  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,769

12.9100  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,113

12.9127  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

45,000

12.9140  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

167

12.9216  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

36,948

12.9000  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

105,135

12.9007  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

331,107

12.9034  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

568,893

12.9035  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

216

12.9074  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

3,007

12.9109  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

8,905

12.9120  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:

13 Mar 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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