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

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29/01/2026 10:15

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RNS Number : 9173Q  Barclays PLC  29 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:                                                        28 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:                                                        7,168,563           1.20%            4,903,356               0.82%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        450,278             0.08%            5,728,124               0.96%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    7,618,841           1.27%            10,631,480              1.77%
 (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                                1,036,733                            11.4400  GBP            11.3100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    567,338                              11.4300  GBP            11.1311  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                                    Increasing Short                     5,241                   11.3626  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,192                   11.3627  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,853                   11.3063  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     38                      11.3100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     97                      11.3290  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     29,654                  11.3300  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     17,812                  11.3351  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,014                   11.3577  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,884                   11.3598  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     642                     11.3697  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     22,514                  11.3773  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,440                   11.3853  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     25,046                  11.3974  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     15,437                  11.3997  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     15,000                  11.3236  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     340,253                 11.3300  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,669                   11.3306  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     20,000                  11.3311  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     65,179                  11.3343  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,641                   11.3374  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     27,737                  11.3384  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6,920                   11.3402  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,406                   11.3422  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     19,405                  11.3567  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,685                   11.3588  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,406                   11.3622  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     8,574                   11.3631  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     28,903                  11.3651  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,662                   11.3661  USD
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     79,360                  11.3670  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     795                     11.3678  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     926                     11.3702  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     256                     11.3800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     258                     11.3850  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     88,550                  11.3868  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,519                   11.4107  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     12,753                  11.4132  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     49,971                  11.3320  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     54,922                  11.3974  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     7,487                   11.4078  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     11,237                  11.4038  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:                                                                        29 Jan 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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