REG - Barclays PLC Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

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05/03/2026 11:45

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RNS Number : 5325V  Barclays PLC  05 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:                                                        04 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:                                                        9,055,918           1.51%            4,622,575               0.77%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        181,457             0.03%            7,536,069               1.26%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    9,237,375           1.54%            12,158,644              2.03%
 (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                                4,042,427                            12.9200  GBP            12.8887  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    4,979,356                            12.9103  GBP            12.8889  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                     12,042                  12.8889  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     40,800                  12.8890  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,164,785               12.8900  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     14,790                  12.8904  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     298,161                 12.8913  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,014                   12.8916  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     258,582                 12.8922  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     564,967                 12.8939  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     26,645                  12.8950  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     67,373                  12.8970  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     663,517                 12.8980  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     313,045                 12.8983  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     97,055                  12.8985  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,682                   12.8988  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     100                     12.8998  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6,362                   12.9000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     63,805                  12.9015  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     15,089                  12.9023  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,245                   12.9030  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,614,961               12.8900  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     59,739                  12.8906  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     100,000                 12.8910  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     270,000                 12.8919  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     85,567                  12.8923  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11,250                  12.8925  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11,250                  12.8926  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     16,382                  12.8933  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     180,000                 12.8964  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,201                   12.9000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     249,006                 12.9010  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     19,768                  12.9020  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     54,418                  12.9022  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,166                   12.9050  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,645                   12.9066  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     52,232                  12.8896  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     39,716                  12.8897  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     4,163                   12.8947  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     11,452                  12.8992  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     88,710                  12.8925  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     7,158                   12.9045  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     36,331                  12.9142  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 Mar 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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