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

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28/01/2026 10:30

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RNS Number : 7375Q  Barclays PLC  28 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:                                                        27 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:                                                        6,719,500           1.12%            4,923,688               0.82%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        470,610             0.08%            5,225,740               0.87%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    7,190,110           1.20%            10,149,428              1.69%
 (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                                1,759,175                            11.4100  GBP            11.1550  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    861,912                              11.5636  GBP            11.1550  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                     73,640                  11.2643  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6,938                   11.2892  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     118                     11.2702  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     51,359                  11.2775  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,116                   11.2878  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     656                     11.2879  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     280                     11.2911  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     540                     11.2972  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     22,735                  11.3000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     25                      11.3038  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     314                     11.3200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     13,767                  11.3267  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     105,506                 11.3400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     346                     11.3470  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     896                     11.3510  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     24,068                  11.5636  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,384                   11.1710  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,450                   11.2314  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,406                   11.2322  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,195                   11.2416  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,905                   11.2546  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11,909                  11.2588  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,786                   11.2603  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,407                   11.2622  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     9,148                   11.2672  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     54,975                  11.2701  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     843                     11.2703  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     23,296                  11.2721  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     725                     11.2815  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     15,509                  11.2823  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     175                     11.2987  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     452,862                 11.3000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     82,410                  11.3005  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,352                   11.3026  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     33,833                  11.3062  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     62,323                  11.3075  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,153                   11.3084  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     988                     11.3092  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     129                     11.3100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     12,521                  11.3101  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     21,303                  11.3130  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,813                   11.3138  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     327                     11.3200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,407                   11.3247  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     12,200                  11.3251  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,110                   11.3282  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     8,400                   11.3327  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     34,551                  11.3371  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     280,201                 11.3400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     8,226                   11.3406  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     33,147                  11.3568  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,470                   11.3800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,406                   11.3822  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     5,590                   11.2496  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     7,589                   11.2851  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:                                                                        28 Jan 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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