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

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26/02/2026 17:30

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RNS Number : 6032U  Barclays PLC  26 February 2026

 FORM 8.5 Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 2234U published at 15:03 on
 24/02/2026, changes made to section 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:                                                        23 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:                                                        12,130,628          2.02%            4,612,023               0.77%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        181,030             0.03%            10,553,413              1.76%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    12,311,658          2.05%            15,165,436              2.53%
 (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                                1,239,232                            12.2500  GBP            12.1600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    1,013,969                            12.2500  GBP            12.1600  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                     3,104                   12.1700  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     27,671                  12.1724  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6,757                   12.1846  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     512                     12.1898  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     631                     12.2048  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     22,168                  12.2077  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,625                   12.2187  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,519                   12.2194  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,097                   12.2196  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     140                     12.2200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     754                     12.2438  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     74,495                  12.1700  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     29,733                  12.1701  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6                       12.1709  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     39,618                  12.1736  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11,021                  12.1848  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     12,500                  12.2004  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     52,459                  12.2050  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6,250                   12.2073  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     255                     12.2103  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,100                   12.2124  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     12,422                  12.2195  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     87,025                  12.2199  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1                       12.2210  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,576                  12.2221  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     911                     12.2238  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     898                     12.2249  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,435                   12.2346  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,461                   12.2487  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     5,541                   12.1696  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     50,289                  12.1700  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     16,587                  12.2014  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     17,070                  12.1868  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     1,008                   12.1908  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     4,490                   12.2391  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:                                                                        26 Feb 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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