REG - Barclays PLC Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC
17/02/2026 10:15
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RNS Number : 3476T Barclays PLC 17 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: 16 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: 10,182,249 1.70% 4,795,433 0.80%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 383,758 0.06% 8,712,923 1.45%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 10,566,007 1.76% 13,508,356 2.25%
(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 1,271,092 12.3670 GBP 12.1696 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 481,911 12.3383 GBP 12.1700 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 30,065 12.1814 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 92,189 12.2000 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 168 12.2003 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 82 12.2042 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,172 12.2113 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,792 12.2210 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 62,710 12.2270 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 31,946 12.2281 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,731 12.2320 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,237 12.2387 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 27,925 12.2475 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 781 12.2505 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 443 12.2790 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,841 12.3013 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,391 12.3124 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 443 12.1709 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 711 12.1900 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 50,000 12.1954 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 68,461 12.2000 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 13,684 12.2003 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 48,160 12.2006 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 14,995 12.2021 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,406 12.2023 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,349 12.2087 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 12,127 12.2102 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,371 12.2109 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 21 12.2124 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 563 12.2126 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 168,355 12.2138 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 95,840 12.2150 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 60,325 12.2209 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,715 12.2228 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 35,971 12.2238 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,987 12.2269 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,264 12.2295 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 17,700 12.2315 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 35,660 12.2416 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 358 12.2437 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 15,290 12.2446 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,813 12.2461 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 50,000 12.2922 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 849 12.3000 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,000 12.3312 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 28,286 12.3674 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1,639 12.2243 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 2,732 12.3000 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 8,261 12.2000 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 291,370 12.2060 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 5,827 12.2069 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: 17 Feb 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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