REG - Barclays PLC Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC
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RNS Number : 1545V Barclays PLC 03 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: 02 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: 13,474,253 2.24% 4,612,139 0.77%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 181,951 0.03% 11,873,952 1.98%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 13,656,204 2.27% 16,486,091 2.75%
(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 1,679,554 12.9200 GBP 12.2500 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 2,811,813 12.9200 GBP 12.2021 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 5,625 12.2021 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 18,750 12.2276 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,625 12.2657 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,625 12.2824 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 18,750 12.2948 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 635 12.3408 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,250 12.3675 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 625 12.3685 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,250 12.3784 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 298 12.3800 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,625 12.4063 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,625 12.4213 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 12.4400 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,514 12.4737 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,250 12.4974 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,253 12.5902 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 42,578 12.6767 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 24 12.7116 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,190 12.7162 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,512 12.7178 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 57,986 12.7339 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 538,268 12.7614 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 267,133 12.8044 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 60,404 12.8456 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 42,131 12.8816 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 56,873 12.8898 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 35,291 12.8993 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 500,000 12.9009 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 14,628 12.9074 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 28,755 12.9078 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 56,500 12.9082 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 195 12.9083 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,851 12.9088 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,345 12.9090 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 36,991 12.9100 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 47,967 12.9124 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,615 12.2300 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 598 12.3300 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 300 12.3612 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,135 12.3805 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 60,000 12.3895 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,168 12.4014 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 50,000 12.4024 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,580 12.4099 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 304 12.4100 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,625 12.4224 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,333 12.4740 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,596 12.4854 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,564 12.5636 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 60,010 12.5675 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,179 12.5891 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,662 12.6232 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 139,624 12.6946 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 67,913 12.6991 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,931 12.7322 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 57,245 12.8247 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,042 12.8866 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 104,998 12.9075 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 21,079 12.9100 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 47,750 12.8880 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1,166 12.9090 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 100,000 12.2861 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 5,760 12.5091 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 44,176 12.7398 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 38,951 12.8945 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 48,173 12.9038 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: 03 Mar 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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