REG-Man Group PLC : Form 8.3 - Beazley Plc

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FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY 
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1.        KEY INFORMATION

 (a) Full name of discloser:                                                                                                                                                                                                     Man Group PLC  
 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):  The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.                 
 (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:  Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree                                                                                           Beazley plc    
 (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:                                                                                                                           
 (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:  For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure                                                                                       03/03/2026     
 (f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?                                                                                                   NO             

2.        POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security.

(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:                                    1,689,083.00  0.28                       
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                       6,467,988.00  1.07   6,214.00  0.00      
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:                                           
 TOTAL:                                                                              8,157,071.00  1.36   6,214.00  0.00      

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded
options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be
given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b)      Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’
and other employee 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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)        Purchases and sales

 Class of relevant security  Purchase/sale  Number of securities  Price per unit  
 5p ordinary                 Sale           62,003                12.9038 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Sale           497,179               12.9038 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Sale           342,567               12.9038 GBP     

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 Class of relevant security  Product description e.g. CFD  Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position  Number of reference securities  Price per unit  
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 7,222                           12.9038 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 8,161                           12.9029 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 396                             12.9031 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 11,003                          12.9029 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 111,385                         12.9013 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 811                             12.9029 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 1,072                           12.9029 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 1,476                           12.9029 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 346                             12.9029 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 556                             12.9013 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 263                             12.9029 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 39,453                          12.9019 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 13,841                          12.9054 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 7,220                           12.9007 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 4,375                           12.9000 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 4,657                           12.9022 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 2,776                           12.9050 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 1,468                           12.9000 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 1,096                           12.9000 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 2,031                           12.9004 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 1,479                           12.9000 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 1,143                           12.9000 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 1,125                           12.9000 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 858                             12.9004 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 771                             12.9000 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 1,447                           12.9000 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 176,101                         12.9017 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 98,653                          12.9001 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 1,186                           12.9000 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 22,150                          12.9038 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 11                              12.9000 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 21                              12.9000 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 188                             12.9038 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 1,612                           12.9029 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 1,794                           12.9013 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 86                              12.9000 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 160                             12.9000 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 3                               12.9000 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 7                               12.9000 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 4,106                           12.9029 GBP     
 5p ordinary                 Swap                          Reducing a long position                                                                                 64,094                          12.9038 GBP     

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)        Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 Class of relevant security  Product description e.g. call option  Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.  Number of securities to which option relates  Exercise price per unit  Type e.g. American, European etc.  Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit  

(ii)        Exercise

 Class of relevant security  Product description e.g. call option  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit  

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion  Details  Price per unit (if applicable)  

4.        OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing 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 person 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 person 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 or 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:  04/03/2026     
 Contact name:        Molly Childs   
 Telephone number:    +442071443714  

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.

The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in
relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk