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

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27/01/2026 11:00

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RNS Number : 5622Q  Barclays PLC  27 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:                                                        26 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:                                                        6,423,364           1.07%            5,524,815               0.92%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        1,071,265           0.18%            4,930,757               0.82%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    7,494,629           1.25%            10,455,572              1.74%
 (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                                608,861                              11.7017  GBP            11.3200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    1,026,790                            11.7000  GBP            11.3200  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                     22                      11.3990  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4                       11.3996  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     17,158                  11.4000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,108                   11.4039  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     29                      11.4149  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     191,201                 11.4201  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2                       11.4202  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,331                   11.4283  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     23,403                  11.4308  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     115                     11.4377  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,084                   11.4497  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     8,343                   11.4681  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,557                   11.4979  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     14,869                  11.5002  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     832                     11.5019  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     493                     11.5022  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     17,208                  11.5184  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,638                   11.5349  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     68,392                  11.5381  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     30,707                  11.5441  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,633                   11.5598  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     24,067                  11.5609  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2                       11.5700  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     50,000                  11.5840  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     11,500                  11.5940  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     505                     11.6037  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     339                     11.6290  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     16,853                  11.3574  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     75,319                  11.4000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     17,158                  11.4001  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11,000                  11.4002  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     582                     11.4011  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,406                   11.4027  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     15,205                  11.4100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     20,913                  11.4116  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     47,792                  11.4119  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,545                   11.4124  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     444                     11.4201  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     264                     11.4267  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     547                     11.4293  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     36,612                  11.4306  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     282                     11.4338  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,703                   11.4400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     721                     11.4807  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,406                   11.4822  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     333                     11.4854  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     124                     11.4925  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     208                     11.5261  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,000                  11.5331  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     98                      11.5346  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     221                     11.5506  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,151                   11.5600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     12,034                  11.5638  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,406                   11.5723  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     31,280                  11.7017  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     3,870                   11.3861  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     631                     11.3990  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     9,561                   11.4000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     217,823                 11.4001  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     1,394                   11.4189  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     18,663                  11.4400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     460                     11.4876  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     38,388                  11.4000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     7,561                   11.5651  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:                                                                        27 Jan 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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