Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Barclays PLC

07 April 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 Apr 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:			18,234,839	3.04%	3,781,863	0.63%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			382,871	0.06%	17,365,606	2.90%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			18,617,710	3.11%	21,147,469	3.53%
(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		1,065,577		12.7301  GBP	12.6998  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		478,209		12.7325  GBP	12.6950  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		3,270	12.6643  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,270	12.6643  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		150,000	12.7211  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		132	12.6950  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,666	12.6979  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		300	12.7032  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		65	12.7089  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,197	12.7091  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,200	12.7154  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,483	12.7165  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,603	12.7282  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,772	12.7300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,733	12.7050  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,651	12.7070  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,271	12.7086  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,938	12.7096  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,142	12.7097  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		149,028	12.7126  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		82,069	12.7141  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,604	12.7182  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,713	12.7236  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,424	12.7284  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		144,751	12.7300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,598	12.7301  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,897	12.7306  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		620	12.6891  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		20,422	12.7017  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		18,853	12.7107  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		620	12.7308  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:				07 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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