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

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RNS Number : 7077G  Barclays PLC  02 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:                                                        01 Jun 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:                                                        17,648,885          2.93%            2,562,268               0.43%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        803,068             0.13%            17,155,061              2.85%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    18,451,953          3.07%            19,717,329              3.28%
 (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                                1,802,167                            12.8183  GBP            12.8096  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    764,256                              12.8175  GBP            12.8090  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                      12.8139  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     300                     12.8148  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Opening Long                         273                     12.8136  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     345                     12.8136  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2                       12.8162  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,318                   12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      99                      12.8141  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     16,968                  12.8150  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Long                      16,324                  12.8106  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Long                      27,478                  12.8142  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,352                   12.8119  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     264,403                 12.8164  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     214,961                 12.8164  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      3,881                   12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     409                     12.8090  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1                       12.8097  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,384                   12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      69,501                  12.8103  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     53,758                  12.8150  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     16                      12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     145,422                 12.8164  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     118,228                 12.8164  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,499                  12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     109                     12.8148  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     62                      12.8103  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      16,047                  12.8183  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     16,968                  12.8150  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,336                   12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     105,761                 12.8164  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     85,985                  12.8164  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     10,642                  12.8136  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,999                   12.8112  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      32,847                  12.8120  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6,395                   12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     185,081                 12.8164  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     150,473                 12.8164  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     475                     12.8115  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     16,236                  12.8111  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     179                     12.8102  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     22,463                  12.8111  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     22,658                  12.8119  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     218                     12.8150  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     19,004                  12.8100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,291                   12.8149  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     260,894                 12.8119  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     75,000                  12.8164  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     121,030                 12.8109  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 Jun 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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