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

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RNS Number : 6951X  Barclays PLC  23 March 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:                                                        20 Mar 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:                                                        11,500,514          1.92%            3,699,448               0.62%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        309,268             0.05%            10,930,850              1.82%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    11,809,782          1.97%            14,630,298              2.44%
 (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                                2,815,021                            12.6550  GBP            12.6381  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    1,744,789                            12.6550  GBP            12.6362  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                     25,252                  12.6436  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     40                      12.6362  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     391                     12.6374  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,600                   12.6391  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     401,169                 12.6400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     39,882                  12.6402  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     114,577                 12.6408  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,831                   12.6413  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     8,855                   12.6430  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     674                     12.6442  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     16,800                  12.6447  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     178,580                 12.6458  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     31,409                  12.6481  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     390                     12.6489  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6,700                   12.6491  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     146                     12.6498  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     768                     12.6500  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     756                     12.6511  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,107                   12.6533  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     36,839                  12.6400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     23,819                  12.6402  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10                      12.6410  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6,312                   12.6411  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     85,662                  12.6412  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     19                      12.6421  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     315                     12.6425  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     9,811                   12.6467  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     250,000                 12.6488  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     27,483                  12.6498  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     8,224                   12.6530  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,313                   12.6538  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     22,500                  12.6638  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     4,899                   12.6395  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     16,835                  12.6407  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     724                     12.6491  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     437                     12.6400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     724                     12.6408  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     2,585                   12.6425  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     399,711                 12.6481  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     1,149,366               12.6513  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:                                                                        23 Mar 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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