REG - Barclays PLC Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC
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RNS Number : 9117X Barclays PLC 24 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: 23 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: 11,526,512 1.92% 3,727,411 0.62%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 336,377 0.06% 10,956,568 1.83%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 11,862,889 1.98% 14,683,979 2.45%
(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 556,069 12.6600 GBP 12.6400 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 558,034 12.6690 GBP 12.6391 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 25,291 12.6468 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,200 12.6391 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7 12.6396 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 136,650 12.6400 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 35,983 12.6410 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 12,212 12.6427 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 127,054 12.6431 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,573 12.6448 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,533 12.6459 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,025 12.6465 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,008 12.6485 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 71 12.6489 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 147 12.6498 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 692 12.6499 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,828 12.6537 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,400 12.6571 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,750 12.6690 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,490 12.6406 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 60,843 12.6419 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 61,444 12.6423 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,564 12.6470 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,750 12.6471 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,810 12.6494 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,057 12.6500 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 12,379 12.6510 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,055 12.6517 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,618 12.6521 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,895 12.6533 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 76 12.6538 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 908 12.6575 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 27,653 12.6577 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 140,191 12.6583 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 694 12.6392 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 2,255 12.6491 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,255 12.6408 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 412 12.6450 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: 24 Mar 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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