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

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26/01/2026 09:00

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RNS Number : 3456Q  Barclays PLC  26 January 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:                                                        23 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:                                                        6,873,597           1.15%            5,557,119               0.93%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        1,103,209           0.18%            5,330,089               0.89%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    7,976,806           1.33%            10,887,208              1.82%
 (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                                917,115                              11.6000  GBP            11.1600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    1,934,479                            11.6000  GBP            11.1600  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                     116,886                 11.2314  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     291                     11.2091  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     10,900                  11.2724  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     8,911                   11.2985  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     17,499                  11.3060  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,982                   11.3276  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,122                   11.3294  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     60,000                  11.3309  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     11                      11.3499  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     50,000                  11.3669  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     487,746                 11.3978  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     32,960                  11.4101  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     325                     11.4239  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     22,267                  11.4409  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     16,590                  11.4484  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     33,065                  11.4686  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     810                     11.4737  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     830                     11.4826  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     43,219                  11.4843  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     42,675                  11.5031  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     792                     11.5190  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     166,948                 11.5200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,800                   11.5283  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     21,539                  11.5317  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,071                   11.5395  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     45,826                  11.5396  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     504                     11.5439  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,312                   11.5525  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,818                   11.0800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,406                   11.1922  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     21                      11.2100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     36                      11.2102  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     26,000                  11.2298  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     15,188                  11.2381  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,286                   11.2423  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     13,413                  11.2536  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     960                     11.2610  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,625                   11.2706  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,406                   11.3222  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     206                     11.3378  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,406                   11.3622  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,971                   11.3741  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     776                     11.3774  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     98                      11.3800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,845                   11.3853  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,415                   11.3897  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,965                   11.4011  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     54,513                  11.4320  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     607                     11.4328  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     19                      11.4350  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     20,629                  11.4441  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,540                   11.4486  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     41,683                  11.4943  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     22,580                  11.5200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,406                   11.5223  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     6,213                   11.4042  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     17,237                  11.4500  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     12,671                  11.5196  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     34,736                  11.5476  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     7,073                   11.5200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     5,481                   11.5466  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:                                                                        26 Jan 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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