REG - Barclays PLC Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC
19/02/2026 13:00
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RNS Number : 7133T Barclays PLC 19 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: 18 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: 11,057,959 1.84% 4,654,404 0.78%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 222,938 0.04% 9,504,702 1.59%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 11,280,897 1.88% 14,159,106 2.36%
(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 1,240,521 12.1799 GBP 12.0900 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 805,727 12.1799 GBP 12.0900 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 326,360 12.1011 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 109 12.1090 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 40,433 12.1093 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 42,415 12.1100 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4 12.1123 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,382 12.1143 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 39,389 12.1175 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 39,022 12.1196 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,414 12.1280 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 181 12.1398 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,597 12.1418 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 278 12.1600 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 48,166 12.1799 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 59 12.0900 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 232,596 12.1100 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9 12.1109 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 35,842 12.1113 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,631 12.1117 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 24,557 12.1121 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 12,000 12.1125 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,142 12.1137 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 35,000 12.1140 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,835 12.1152 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 108,044 12.1159 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,000 12.1160 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 18,750 12.1205 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 20,240 12.1211 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 22,314 12.1254 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,717 12.1272 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,000 12.1286 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 88,872 12.1287 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,561 12.1298 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 38,605 12.1300 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 32,360 12.1330 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 196,273 12.1340 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 27,334 12.1366 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,710 12.1380 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 13,883 12.1400 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,312 12.1426 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,500 12.1471 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 50,000 12.1495 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 14 12.1500 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,396 12.1518 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,406 12.1524 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 66,253 12.0996 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 6,410 12.1000 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 8,719 12.1158 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 3,342 12.1161 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 1,621 12.1267 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 28,883 12.1346 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 8,719 12.1489 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: 19 Feb 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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