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

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30/01/2026 10:30

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RNS Number : 1129R  Barclays PLC  30 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:                                                        29 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:                                                        7,235,939           1.21%            4,884,507               0.81%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        431,429             0.07%            5,819,567               0.97%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    7,667,368           1.28%            10,704,074              1.79%
 (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                                678,314                              11.4300  GBP            11.2700  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    592,089                              11.4464  GBP            11.2700  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                     23,127                  11.3709  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     8,113                   11.3507  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,625                   11.3095  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,406                   11.3143  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     24,636                  11.3200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     9,463                   11.3237  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     16,523                  11.3299  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     27,700                  11.3301  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     650                     11.3331  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,933                   11.3440  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     14,614                  11.3470  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     21,120                  11.3485  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     963                     11.3606  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     13,063                  11.3681  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,290                   11.3692  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     530                     11.3743  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     899                     11.3746  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     101,384                 11.3758  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,625                   11.3777  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     233                     11.3799  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,625                   11.3802  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,600                   11.3830  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,625                   11.3978  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     245,905                 11.3200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     12,871                  11.3202  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,813                   11.3272  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,046                   11.3350  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     83,257                  11.3360  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     18,680                  11.3405  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     387                     11.3456  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,063                   11.3509  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     15,535                  11.3619  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,291                   11.3634  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,264                   11.3657  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     16,093                  11.3706  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     29,375                  11.3730  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     377                     11.3800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,800                   11.3806  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     812                     11.3923  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     122                     11.3593  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     44,336                  11.3595  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     18,156                  11.3665  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     10,858                  11.3692  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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