REG - Barclays PLC Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC
11/02/2026 13:45
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RNS Number : 6396S Barclays PLC 11 February 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: 10 Feb 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: 8,823,025 1.47% 5,253,752 0.88%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 836,871 0.14% 7,427,647 1.24%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 9,659,896 1.61% 12,681,399 2.12%
(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 1,762,502 12.4116 GBP 12.2900 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 2,118,561 12.4250 GBP 12.2875 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 16,925 12.3396 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,167 12.3397 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,250 12.2875 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 451,372 12.2900 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 48,403 12.2903 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,625 12.2920 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,383 12.2952 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 73 12.2966 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,996 12.3021 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,022 12.3106 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 47,779 12.3319 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 962 12.3335 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,527 12.3444 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 30,163 12.3483 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 30,747 12.3494 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,319 12.3636 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 145,836 12.3674 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,420 12.3720 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 232,468 12.3737 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,762 12.3765 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,226 12.3770 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,598 12.3837 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,600 12.3891 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,590 12.3938 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 133 12.3981 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,028 12.2900 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7 12.2909 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 43,352 12.2995 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 19,418 12.3036 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 15,567 12.3051 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 30,582 12.3086 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 22,052 12.3209 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 28,097 12.3271 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 65,985 12.3277 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 50,000 12.3286 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 46,630 12.3361 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 125,912 12.3369 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,813 12.3424 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 92,240 12.3561 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 875 12.3646 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,258 12.3761 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,600 12.3812 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 62,940 12.3861 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 50,000 12.3886 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,625 12.3924 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,589 12.3981 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,017 12.4012 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 337 12.4109 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,556 12.4116 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 50,000 12.4147 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 5,368 12.2900 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 27,533 12.3501 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 11,912 12.3600 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 20,707 12.3669 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 16,323 12.3866 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 5,368 12.2900 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 1,473 12.3425 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 11,912 12.3600 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: 11 Feb 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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