Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Barclays PLC

20 May 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:				19 May 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:			16,998,542	2.83%	2,277,602	0.38%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			517,390	0.09%	16,309,306	2.71%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			17,515,932	2.91%	18,586,908	3.09%
(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		1,579,225		12.8200  GBP	12.7975  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		490,215		12.8200  GBP	12.7950  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		13,574	12.8094  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		79	12.7975  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37,668	12.8026  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,065	12.8051  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		55	12.8062  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		200	12.8067  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34	12.8089  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	12.8098  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		142,183	12.8100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		315	12.8112  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,999	12.8119  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,381	12.8123  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		160	12.8148  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,365	12.8194  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,505	12.8198  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,085	12.8200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		615	12.8010  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,767	12.8033  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,237	12.8057  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		87,212	12.8062  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		750,000	12.8064  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		167,922	12.8065  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,630	12.8074  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,079	12.8076  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		553	12.8082  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,003	12.8102  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,195	12.8124  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,134	12.8125  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,443	12.8161  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		86,500	12.8177  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		71,986	12.8200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,707	12.8206  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,070	12.8191  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,605	12.8080  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,070	12.8208  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:				20 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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