REG - Barclays PLC Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC
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RNS Number : 2943R Barclays PLC 02 February 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: 30 Jan 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: 7,650,456 1.28% 4,878,500 0.81%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 425,422 0.07% 6,233,268 1.04%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 8,075,878 1.35% 11,111,768 1.85%
(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 1,086,193 11.4900 GBP 11.2400 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 665,669 11.4900 GBP 11.2177 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 8,801 11.3661 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,812 11.2177 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,000 11.2777 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 45,000 11.2805 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,074 11.2806 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,813 11.2877 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 41 11.2990 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,064 11.3277 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 324 11.3290 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,114 11.3292 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,993 11.3294 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 167,400 11.3300 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 858 11.3419 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,122 11.3608 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 430 11.3738 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 732 11.3739 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,116 11.3808 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,879 11.3851 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 38,072 11.4243 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,910 11.4281 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,247 11.4544 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 32 11.4590 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,166 11.4625 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,578 11.2685 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,488 11.2720 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 741 11.2900 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 17,250 11.3001 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,869 11.3054 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 708 11.3059 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 304 11.3160 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 22,585 11.3279 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 153,022 11.3299 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 361,426 11.3300 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 20,715 11.3311 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,980 11.3322 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,226 11.3323 USD
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,625 11.3379 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,090 11.3547 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 85,782 11.3711 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,813 11.3822 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 228 11.4050 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 623 11.4303 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 20,000 11.4568 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 17,124 11.4691 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,000 11.4868 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 26,044 11.4033 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 2,343 11.4079 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 1,316 11.2776 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: 02 Feb 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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