Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Feb 05 2026 08:36 GMTSource: RNS

RNS Number : 8714R

Barclays PLC

05 February 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				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:				04 Feb 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:			7,117,177	1.19%	5,229,319	0.87%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			813,356	0.14%	5,726,366	0.96%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			7,930,533	1.32%	10,955,685	1.83%
(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		2,761,125		12.6588 GBP	12.4000 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,258,534		12.6500 GBP	12.3990 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		Increasing Short		3,941	12.5602 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,755	12.5603 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		408,906	11.6200 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		77	12.3990 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		223,655	12.4000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		56,297	12.4776 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		718	12.4814 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,907	12.4950 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27	12.5062 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,352	12.5064 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		55,241	12.5096 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		313	12.5110 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		81,834	12.5292 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		55,714	12.5436 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		49,170	12.5442 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		226,204	12.5622 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		724,307	12.5654 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		425	12.5670 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,312	12.5687 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,135	12.5861 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,000	12.5924 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		136,569	12.5936 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,700	12.5991 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		169	12.6004 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,800	12.6060 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		152	12.6152 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		77,498	12.6207 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,930	12.6249 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,648	12.6274 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,537	12.6300 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52	12.6398 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		408,906	11.6200 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		354,523	12.4000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,109	12.4002 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,250	12.4062 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.4086 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		86,598	12.4103 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68,709	12.4484 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		937	12.4540 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,600	12.4541 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,375	12.4707 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.4715 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		622	12.4820 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62,657	12.4887 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		70,000	12.4974 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,405	12.5068 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.5087 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.5387 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.5475 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,331	12.5536 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,912	12.5660 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		539	12.5732 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,800	12.5804 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,453	12.5823 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,098	12.5857 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		580	12.5876 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,611	12.5887 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,334	12.5889 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,364	12.5903 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16	12.5925 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	12.5934 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		165,524	12.5962 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		119	12.5990 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		822	12.6019 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,501	12.6088 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		233	12.6100 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.6588 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,724	12.5159 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		35,929	12.5630 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,965	12.6288 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,594	12.4000 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		51	12.5800 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		30,470	12.6032 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		22,615	12.6091 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:				05 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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