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RNS Number : 7759W  Barclays PLC  16 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:                                                        13 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:                                                        10,239,236          1.71%            4,712,212               0.79%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        270,790             0.05%            9,015,707               1.50%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    10,510,026          1.75%            13,727,919              2.29%
 (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                                290,002                              12.8800  GBP            12.8700  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    191,861                              12.8800  GBP            12.8700  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                     25,911                  12.8810  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,900                   12.8700  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,038                   12.8720  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     692                     12.8730  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,116                   12.8740  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     16,974                  12.8743  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     59                      12.8764  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     30                      12.8789  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     13,585                  12.8792  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,675                   12.8798  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     833                     12.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,387                   12.8780  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     27,852                  12.8788  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     257                     12.8792  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,276                   12.8795  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     156,852                 12.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,758                   12.8801  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     18,527                  12.8806  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     590                     12.8688  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     772                     12.8780  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     174                     12.8790  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     1,986                   12.8792  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     10,562                  12.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     9,858                   12.8733  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     10,563                  12.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     174                     12.8809  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:                                                                        16 Mar 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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