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

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RNS Number : 5017G  Barclays PLC  01 June 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:                                                        29 May 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:                                                        16,476,614          2.74%            2,427,908               0.40%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        668,712             0.11%            15,817,559              2.63%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    17,145,326          2.85%            18,245,467              3.03%
 (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                                1,855,059                            12.8196  GBP            12.8074  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    1,466,683                            12.8175  GBP            12.8091  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                     142                     12.8148  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     127                     12.8139  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     40                      12.8139  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     358                     12.8134  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Opening Short                        50,894                  12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     148                     12.8148  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,245                   12.8150  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      6,593                   12.8138  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,218                   12.8192  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     236,976                 12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Long                      6,685                   12.8133  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     287                     12.8159  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Closing Short                        468                     12.8108  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Long                      5,208                   12.8092  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Opening Short                        282,910                 12.8196  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Opening Short                        122,528                 12.8196  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     570                     12.8124  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,245                   12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,874                   12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      7,707                   12.8091  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     30,178                  12.8104  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     287                     12.8090  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     137,907                 12.8164  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6,580                   12.8131  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,817                   12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,964                   12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,655                   12.8109  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     11,058                  12.8124  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     16,054                  12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     12,427                  12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,714                   12.8160  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     104,653                 12.8162  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     11,580                  12.8114  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     58,407                  12.8119  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     345                     12.8143  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     10,342                  12.8144  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,746                   12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     152                     12.8125  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:                                                                        01 Jun 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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