Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Mar 03 2026 11:41 GMTSource: RNS

RNS Number : 1545V

Barclays PLC

03 March 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:				02 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:			13,474,253	2.24%	4,612,139	0.77%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			181,951	0.03%	11,873,952	1.98%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			13,656,204	2.27%	16,486,091	2.75%
(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		1,679,554		12.9200 GBP	12.2500 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,811,813		12.9200 GBP	12.2021 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		Decreasing Short		5,625	12.2021 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,750	12.2276 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,625	12.2657 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,625	12.2824 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,750	12.2948 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		635	12.3408 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,250	12.3675 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		625	12.3685 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,250	12.3784 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		298	12.3800 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,625	12.4063 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,625	12.4213 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	12.4400 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,514	12.4737 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,250	12.4974 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,253	12.5902 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,578	12.6767 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24	12.7116 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,190	12.7162 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,512	12.7178 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		57,986	12.7339 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		538,268	12.7614 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		267,133	12.8044 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		60,404	12.8456 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,131	12.8816 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		56,873	12.8898 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35,291	12.8993 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		500,000	12.9009 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,628	12.9074 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,755	12.9078 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		56,500	12.9082 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		195	12.9083 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,851	12.9088 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,345	12.9090 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36,991	12.9100 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,967	12.9124 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,615	12.2300 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		598	12.3300 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		300	12.3612 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,135	12.3805 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		60,000	12.3895 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,168	12.4014 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.4024 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,580	12.4099 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		304	12.4100 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,625	12.4224 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,333	12.4740 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,596	12.4854 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,564	12.5636 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		60,010	12.5675 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,179	12.5891 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,662	12.6232 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		139,624	12.6946 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		67,913	12.6991 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,931	12.7322 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		57,245	12.8247 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,042	12.8866 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		104,998	12.9075 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,079	12.9100 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		47,750	12.8880 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,166	12.9090 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		100,000	12.2861 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,760	12.5091 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		44,176	12.7398 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		38,951	12.8945 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		48,173	12.9038 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:				03 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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