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

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03/02/2026 11:45

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RNS Number : 5378R  Barclays PLC  03 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:                                                        02 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:                                                        7,321,619           1.22%            4,867,884               0.81%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        416,030             0.07%            5,811,367               0.97%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    7,737,649           1.29%            10,679,251              1.78%
 (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                                1,184,278                            11.7500  GBP            11.4796  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    1,502,499                            11.7500  GBP            11.4420  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                     23,126                  11.4419  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     68,981                  11.5700  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     9,705                   11.6496  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     665                     11.5707  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     8,600                   11.5711  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     685                     11.5825  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     50,000                  11.5966  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     50,000                  11.6010  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,346                   11.6119  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,452                   11.6194  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,848                   11.6279  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     17,923                  11.6326  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     167,218                 11.6356  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     431                     11.6376  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,813                   11.6426  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,585                   11.6468  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,623                   11.6488  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     58,678                  11.6498  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     15,195                  11.6517  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,610                   11.6523  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,539                   11.6540  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,720                   11.6552  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     154                     11.6588  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     17,215                  11.6638  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     12,680                  11.6639  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     256                     11.6663  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     962                     11.6710  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     23,296                  11.6729  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     11,444                  11.6794  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     962                     11.6797  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     148,426                 11.6800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,606                   11.6889  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     416                     11.7100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     138                     11.4300  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     33                      11.5200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1                       11.5209  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2                       11.5309  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     20,247                  11.5423  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,905                  11.5580  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     751                     11.5800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     611                     11.5905  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     532                     11.6079  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,991                   11.6119  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,812                   11.6229  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     23,153                  11.6586  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,000                   11.6597  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     51,084                  11.6704  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,860                   11.6716  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,744                   11.6773  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     38,773                  11.6774  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,148                   11.6778  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     50,210                  11.6800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     78,981                  11.6958  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     503                     11.6293  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     27,799                  11.6624  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     18,567                  11.6460  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:                                                                        03 Feb 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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