REG - Barclays PLC Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC
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RNS Number : 2749Z Barclays PLC 02 April 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: 01 Apr 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: 17,655,638 2.95% 3,790,030 0.63%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 388,163 0.06% 16,791,066 2.80%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 18,043,801 3.01% 20,581,096 3.43%
(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 1,628,802 12.7000 GBP 12.6700 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 699,620 12.7025 GBP 12.6700 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 150,000 12.6971 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,721 12.6799 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8 12.6800 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 56,947 12.6819 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 800 12.6848 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3 12.6866 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 272 12.6875 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 76 12.6889 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,200 12.6891 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,710 12.6900 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 34,467 12.6934 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 51 12.6998 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,253 12.7000 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 238 12.6701 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 175,000 12.6763 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,874 12.6859 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,418 12.6862 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,630 12.6864 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,884 12.6868 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 278,197 12.6884 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 167,448 12.6894 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,356 12.6898 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 26,432 12.6907 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 43,117 12.6929 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 46,566 12.6995 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 63,815 12.7000 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 55,709 12.7006 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 9,156 12.6773 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1,120 12.6791 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 9,711 12.6887 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 1,120 12.7008 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 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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