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

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05/02/2026 08:45

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RNS Number : 8714R  Barclays PLC  05 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:                                                        04 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:                                                        7,117,177           1.19%            5,229,319               0.87%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        813,356             0.14%            5,726,366               0.96%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    7,930,533           1.32%            10,955,685              1.83%
 (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                                2,761,125                            12.6588  GBP            12.4000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    3,258,534                            12.6500  GBP            12.3990  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                     3,941                   12.5602  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     13,755                  12.5603  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     408,906                 11.6200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     77                      12.3990  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     223,655                 12.4000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     56,297                  12.4776  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     718                     12.4814  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,907                   12.4950  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     27                      12.5062  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     11,352                  12.5064  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     55,241                  12.5096  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     313                     12.5110  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     81,834                  12.5292  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     55,714                  12.5436  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     49,170                  12.5442  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     226,204                 12.5622  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     724,307                 12.5654  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     425                     12.5670  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,312                   12.5687  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,135                   12.5861  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     50,000                  12.5924  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     136,569                 12.5936  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,700                   12.5991  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     169                     12.6004  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     22,800                  12.6060  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     152                     12.6152  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     77,498                  12.6207  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     15,930                  12.6249  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,648                   12.6274  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,537                   12.6300  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     52                      12.6398  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     408,906                 11.6200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     354,523                 12.4000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,109                  12.4002  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11,250                  12.4062  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     50,000                  12.4086  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     86,598                  12.4103  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     68,709                  12.4484  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     937                     12.4540  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     35,600                  12.4541  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     41,375                  12.4707  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     50,000                  12.4715  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     622                     12.4820  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     62,657                  12.4887  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     70,000                  12.4974  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     17,405                  12.5068  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     50,000                  12.5087  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     50,000                  12.5387  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     50,000                  12.5475  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,331                   12.5536  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,912                   12.5660  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     539                     12.5732  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     23,800                  12.5804  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,453                   12.5823  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,098                   12.5857  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     580                     12.5876  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,611                   12.5887  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     8,334                   12.5889  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,364                   12.5903  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     16                      12.5925  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     9                       12.5934  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     165,524                 12.5962  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     119                     12.5990  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     822                     12.6019  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     22,501                  12.6088  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     233                     12.6100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     50,000                  12.6588  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     11,724                  12.5159  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     35,929                  12.5630  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     1,965                   12.6288  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     3,594                   12.4000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     51                      12.5800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     30,470                  12.6032  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     22,615                  12.6091  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:                                                                        05 Feb 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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