REG - Barclays PLC Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC Replacement
20/02/2026 13:30
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RNS Number : 8794T Barclays PLC 20 February 2026
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 4906T published at 09:26 on
18/02/2026, changes made to section 2A,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: 17 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: 10,633,125 1.77% 4,664,364 0.78%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 232,907 0.04% 9,103,960 1.52%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 10,866,032 1.81% 13,768,324 2.30%
(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 1,079,058 12.2700 GBP 12.1200 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 497,113 12.2700 GBP 12.1190 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 Increasing Short 5,279 12.1622 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 14,143 12.1623 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 62 12.1190 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 52,238 12.1200 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 20,825 12.1331 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 502 12.1350 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 32,552 12.1418 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 96,140 12.1490 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 36,283 12.1493 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 282 12.1500 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 28,023 12.1596 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,054 12.1731 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,510 12.1765 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 326 12.1773 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 18,162 12.1792 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,348 12.1978 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,000 12.1985 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 16 12.2200 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,480 12.2212 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,511 12.2268 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 19,520 12.2316 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,043 12.2427 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 231,647 12.1200 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,200 12.1257 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 50,221 12.1307 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,625 12.1309 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,260 12.1345 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 11,250 12.1382 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 13 12.1414 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,325 12.1444 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 17,588 12.1487 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 380 12.1503 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 50,950 12.1556 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,406 12.1574 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 29,209 12.1584 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,648 12.1603 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,671 12.1646 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 128,839 12.1651 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 33,257 12.1712 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 199,154 12.1782 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 22,264 12.1803 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,238 12.1861 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 19,516 12.1916 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,406 12.2224 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 109 12.2331 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 30,296 12.1200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 33,880 12.1328 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 16,578 12.1606 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 5 12.1660 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: 20 Feb 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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