REG - Barclays PLC Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC Replacement
25/02/2026 15:00
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RNS Number : 4126U Barclays PLC 25 February 2026
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 8292T published at 08:22 on
20/02/2026 changes made to section 2a and 3a
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: 19 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: 11,585,048 1.93% 4,634,873 0.77%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 202,551 0.03% 10,030,935 1.67%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 11,787,599 1.97% 14,665,808 2.45%
(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 1,081,689 12.3900 GBP 12.1900 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 535,069 12.3900 GBP 12.1900 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 12.1980 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 22,544 12.2000 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,688 12.2035 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 100 12.2100 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9 12.2123 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 74 12.2200 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,908 12.2427 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,438 12.2432 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,856 12.2604 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,738 12.2674 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 19,688 12.2786 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,546 12.2831 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 15,927 12.2918 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,913 12.2942 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,355 12.3050 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,369 12.3149 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 327 12.3255 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 624 12.3261 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 71,629 12.3287 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 28,263 12.3294 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 302,591 12.2000 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,200 12.2012 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 50,000 12.2029 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,511 12.2100 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 52,342 12.2104 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 557 12.2162 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 30,222 12.2185 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7 12.2188 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 75,537 12.2215 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,887 12.2221 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 14,609 12.2267 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 618 12.2300 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 58,942 12.2383 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 16,907 12.2411 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 107,926 12.2576 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,250 12.2680 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,082 12.2688 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 144 12.2800 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,803 12.2971 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,904 12.3173 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 13,458 12.3260 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 6,645 12.2000 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,932 12.2460 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 3,167 12.2832 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: 25 Feb 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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