Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Barclays PLC

22 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:				21 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:			16,574,042	2.76%	2,184,830	0.36%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			425,222	0.07%	15,884,806	2.64%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			16,999,264	2.83%	18,069,636	3.00%
(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		666,735		12.8264  GBP	12.8100  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		280,753		12.8250  GBP	12.8100  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		2,122	12.8195  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,307	12.8196  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		139,792	12.8100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,669	12.8101  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,215	12.8113  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,503	12.8121  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,427	12.8124  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6	12.8125  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		662	12.8141  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,482	12.8144  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		249	12.8155  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,391	12.8161  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		68	12.8163  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,489	12.8175  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33	12.8189  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,480	12.8225  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,399	12.8247  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,044	12.8250  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6	12.8125  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		185	12.8160  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,736	12.8164  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,528	12.8170  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,595	12.8171  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,008	12.8172  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,396	12.8175  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68,030	12.8193  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		78,125	12.8194  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,320	12.8205  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,480	12.8225  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,696	12.8230  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		47,677	12.8233  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,803	12.8235  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		714	12.8237  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,048	12.8249  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68,018	12.8250  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,184	12.8256  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,559	12.8258  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200,000	12.8264  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,019	12.8241  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		41,281	12.8205  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		338	12.8224  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,019	12.8258  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:				22 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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