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

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RNS Number : 0889R  Barclays PLC  30 January 2026

 FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
 Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 8054P Published at 11:40 on
 21/01/2026, changes made to section 2A,3A
 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:                                                        20 Jan 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:                                                        6,745,973           1.13%            5,012,210               0.84%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        672,748             0.11%            5,274,742               0.87%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    7,418,721           1.24%            10,336,952              1.71%
 (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                                2,607,184                            11.6000  GBP            11.2600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    2,261,984                            11.6000  GBP            11.2600  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                     196,949                 11.2600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     46,332                  11.2609  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     19,829                  11.2611  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     952                     11.3410  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     51,857                  11.3513  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     47,640                  11.3618  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,524                   11.3674  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     25,867                  11.3893  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     23,519                  11.4260  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     103,151                 11.4295  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     368,108                 11.4333  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,845                   11.4453  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     539                     11.4465  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,872                   11.4513  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     9,146                   11.4557  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,810                   11.4569  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     63,597                  11.4710  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,283                   11.4764  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     25,522                  11.4767  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,970                   11.4793  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     829                     11.4893  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,176                   11.4906  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     8,672                   11.4973  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     400                     11.4990  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     8,761                   11.5179  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     38,118                  11.5212  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3                       11.5833  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,598                   11.5846  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     256,578                 11.2600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     15,657                  11.2602  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11                      11.2609  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,000                  11.2611  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     185,224                 11.2665  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,827                   11.2670  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,813                   11.2902  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     61                      11.2951  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     108,274                 11.2955  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,406                   11.3022  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,481                   11.3136  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,406                   11.3297  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     30,194                  11.3361  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     42,000                  11.3382  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11,568                  11.3399  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     58                      11.3441  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     33,198                  11.3471  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,321                   11.3490  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,813                   11.3554  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     12,545                  11.3574  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,813                   11.3689  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     13,009                  11.3801  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6,591                   11.3820  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     66,000                  11.3856  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     81,924                  11.3862  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     50,000                  11.3980  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     446                     11.4000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,406                   11.4022  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     67,167                  11.4027  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     22,392                  11.4068  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,406                   11.4122  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     22,392                  11.4199  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     369,893                 11.4200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,406                   11.4295  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     64,182                  11.4646  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     427                     11.4756  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     32                      11.4846  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     100,000                 11.4881  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     777                     11.4917  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,444                   11.5000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     64,182                  11.5017  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     15                      11.5159  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     4,081                   11.2600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     1,489                   11.3190  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     25,473                  11.3900  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     18,229                  11.4581  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     75,000                  11.4707  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     13,126                  11.4744  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     2,528                   11.5800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     15,040                  11.3604  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     2,156                   11.6007  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:                                                                        30 Jan 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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