REG - Barclays PLC Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC
25/02/2026 12:00
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RNS Number : 3971U Barclays PLC 25 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: 24 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: 12,382,725 2.07% 4,614,323 0.77%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 180,480 0.03% 10,817,934 1.80%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 12,563,205 2.10% 15,432,257 2.57%
(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 729,905 12.2800 GBP 12.1800 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 480,108 12.2807 GBP 12.1800 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 2,683 12.1900 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,533 12.1990 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,084 12.1995 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 294 12.2000 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,838 12.2058 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 25,607 12.2085 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,994 12.2107 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,090 12.2133 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 123 12.2396 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 68 12.2397 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 12 12.2400 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,800 12.2441 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,000 12.2487 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 19,275 12.2601 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 18 12.2790 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 12,137 12.2800 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,899 12.1873 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 50,643 12.2056 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 568 12.2089 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,905 12.2184 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,742 12.2205 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,352 12.2315 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,653 12.2362 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 37,635 12.2373 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 62,755 12.2586 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 16,747 12.2596 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,893 12.2600 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,958 12.2629 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 74,081 12.2676 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 18,049 12.2678 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 264 12.2700 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 66,482 12.2716 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 12,310 12.2800 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 22,281 12.2105 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 6,403 12.2267 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 1,426 12.2303 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 20,143 12.2490 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: 25 Feb 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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