REG - Beazley PLC Bank of America Corp - Holding(s) in Company

BeazleyAnnouncement

05/03/2026 18:30

For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
https://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20260305:nRSE5775Va&default-theme=true

RNS Number : 5775V  Beazley PLC  05 March 2026

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB00BYQ0JC66

Issuer Name

BEAZLEY PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Bank of America Corporation

City of registered office (if applicable)

 

Country of registered office (if applicable)

US

4. Details of the shareholder

Full name of shareholder(s) if different from the person(s) subject to the
notification obligation, above

 

City of registered office (if applicable)

 

Country of registered office (if applicable)

 

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

26-Feb-2026

6. Date on which Issuer notified

27-Feb-2026*

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

                                                                            % of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)  % of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)  Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)  Total number of voting rights held in issuer
 Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached  0.001668                                              0.592914                                                                   0.594582                        3564578
 Position of previous notification (if applicable)                          0.395179                                              7.226159                                                                   7.621338

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the
threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

 Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)  Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)  Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)  % of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)  % of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
 GB00BYQ0JC66                                                                          10000                                                                            0.001668
 Sub Total 8.A                                10000                                                                                 0.001668%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

 Type of financial instrument  Expiration date  Exercise/conversion period  Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is  % of voting rights
                                                                            exercised/converted
 Physical Swaps                09/03/2026       n/a                         428000                                                             0.071392
 Physical Swaps                02/06/2026       n/a                         248000                                                             0.041367
 Physical Swaps                14/09/2026       n/a                         710000                                                             0.118430
 Sub Total 8.B1                                                             1386000                                                            0.231189%

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to
(DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

 Type of financial instrument  Expiration date  Exercise/conversion period  Physical or cash settlement  Number of voting rights  % of voting rights
 Swaps                         03/03/2026       n/a                         Cash                         55592                    0.009273
 Swaps                         23/07/2026       n/a                         Cash                         1664406                  0.277628
 Swaps                         31/07/2026       n/a                         Cash                         160000                   0.026688
 Swaps                         11/12/2026       n/a                         Cash                         37475                    0.006251
 Swaps                         20/09/2027       n/a                         Cash                         224871                   0.037509
 Swaps                         15/10/2027       n/a                         Cash                         26131                    0.004359
 Put Option                    15/05/2026       n/a                         Cash                         103                      0.000017
 Sub Total 8.B2                                                                                          2168578                  0.361725%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification
obligation

2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the
ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional
rows as necessary)

 Ultimate controlling person  Name of controlled undertaking         % of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold  % of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher  Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
                                                                                                                                                 than the notifiable threshold
 Bank of America Corporation  Bank of America, National Association

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

 

The number and % of voting rights held

 

The date until which the voting rights will be held

 

11. Additional Information

 

12. Date of Completion

27-Feb-2026

13. Place Of Completion

United Kingdom

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
 or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
.   END  HOLAKPBBFBKDKNK



            Copyright 2019 Regulatory News Service, all rights reserved