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RNS Number : 6125Y  Barclays PLC  30 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:                                                        27 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:                                                        15,060,395          2.51%            3,759,864               0.63%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        369,093             0.06%            14,488,504              2.42%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    15,429,488          2.57%            18,248,368              3.04%
 (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                                1,049,824                            12.6800  GBP            12.6524  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    281,585                              12.6800  GBP            12.6500  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                     200,000                 12.6563  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     28,967                  12.6719  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,038                   12.6500  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     17,345                  12.6505  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     134                     12.6509  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     920                     12.6550  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     547                     12.6567  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     35,184                  12.6572  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,255                   12.6577  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     64,787                  12.6600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     7,167                   12.6607  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6,900                   12.6626  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     250                     12.6654  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     609                     12.6655  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     30                      12.6689  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     22,829                  12.6759  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,205                   12.6787  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,900                   12.6791  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     17,276                  12.6793  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     359                     12.6800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,131                   12.6551  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     119,846                 12.6563  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     195,525                 12.6619  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     69,607                  12.6621  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,222                   12.6659  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,334                  12.6669  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10                      12.6680  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4                       12.6687  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,508                   12.6700  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     46,205                  12.6707  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     385,043                 12.6712  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,874                   12.6723  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,708                   12.6741  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     8,880                   12.6765  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,417                   12.6775  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     15,537                  12.6786  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     16,926                  12.6800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     254                     12.6492  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     553                     12.6791  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     17,706                  12.6800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     553                     12.6608  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     15,752                  12.6652  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:                                                                        30 Mar 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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