Director/PDMR Shareholding

Beazley PLC

23 September 2026

 

Beazley plc

London, 23 September 2026

Vesting of Share Incentives/Options for Directors and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (together "PDMRs")

Beazley plc announces that the following PDMRs have interests in share awards which were granted under the Company's Deferred Share Plan ('DSP'). The awards vested as set out below in connection with the acquisition of Beazley plc by Zurich Insurance Group Ltd (the 'Transaction').

Deferred Share Plan

Director	Grant date	No of DSP share awards vested on 22 September 2026
P J Bantick	24 February 2022	169,351
P J Bantick	12 March 2024	62,957
P J Bantick	10 March 2025	64,987
A P Cox	12 March 2024	95,387
A P Cox	10 March 2025	68,598
B Plucnar Jensen	10 March 2025	33,937

Beazley plc announces that the following PDMRs have interests in share options which were granted under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP'). The options vested as set out below but were subject to an additional post-vesting two-year holding period and therefore remained unexercised. In connection with the Transaction, the holding period has fallen away and the options have been exercised as set out below.

Long Term Incentive Plan

Director	Grant date	Original Vest date	No of LTIP share options exercised on 22 September 2026
A P Cox	15 February 2022	4 March 2025	108,232
A P Cox	19 May 2023	19 May 2026	292,165

For further information please contact:

Beazley plc

Mark Stevens

[phone]

The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation (No. 596/2014).

Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibility or connected persons

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Paul Bantick
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director
b)	Initial notification/amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Beazley plc
b)	LEI	213800VTOMUWD41GIT12
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code		Ordinary shares of 5 pence each GB00BYQ0JC66
b)	Nature of the transaction		Vesting of share awards under the Beazley plc Deferred Share Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s) Volume(s) 0.00p 169,351 0.00p 62,957 0.00p 64,987
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume -Price		297,295 0.00p
e)	Date of the transaction		22 September 2026
f)	Place of the transaction		Vesting of the shares occurred outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Adrian Cox
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director
b)	Initial notification/amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Beazley plc
b)	LEI	213800VTOMUWD41GIT12
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code		Ordinary shares of 5 pence each GB00BYQ0JC66
b)	Nature of the transaction		Vesting of share awards under the Beazley plc Deferred Share Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s) Volume(s) 0.00p 95,387 0.00p 68,598
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume -Price		163,985 0.00p
e)	Date of the transaction		22 September 2026
f)	Place of the transaction		Vesting of the shares occurred outside a trading venue
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code		Ordinary shares of 5 pence each GB00BYQ0JC66
b)	Nature of the transaction		Exercise of share options under the Beazley plc Long Term Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s) Volume(s) 0.00p 108,232 0.00p 292,165
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume -Price		400,397 0.00p
e)	Date of the transaction		22 September 2026
f)	Place of the transaction		Exercise of the share options occurred outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Barbara Plucnar Jensen
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director
b)	Initial notification/amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Beazley plc
b)	LEI	213800VTOMUWD41GIT12
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code		Ordinary shares of 5 pence each GB00BYQ0JC66
b)	Nature of the transaction		Vesting of share awards under the Beazley plc Deferred Share Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s) Volume(s) 0.00p 33,937
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume -Price		n/a n/a
e)	Date of the transaction		22 September 2026
f)	Place of the transaction		Vesting of the shares occurred outside a trading venue

About Beazley  

Beazley plc (BEZ.L), is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses with operations in Europe, North America, Latin America, Bermuda and Asia. Beazley manages six Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2025, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $6,100.7million. All Lloyd's syndicates are rated A+ by A.M. Best.  

Beazley's underwriters in the United States focus on writing a range of specialist insurance products. In the admitted market, coverage is provided by Beazley Insurance Company, Inc., an A.M. Best A rated carrier licensed in all 50 states and its subsidiary, Beazley America Insurance Company, Inc. In the surplus lines market, coverage is provided by Beazley Excess and Surplus Insurance, Inc. 

Beazley's European insurance company, Beazley Insurance dac, is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland and is A rated by A.M. Best and A+ by Fitch. 

Beazley's Bermuda entity, Beazley Bermuda Insurance Limited, is A rated by A.M. Best and regulated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority. 

Beazley is a market leader in many of its chosen lines, which include Directors & Officers, Financial Lines, Cyber, Property, Marine and Aviation, Reinsurance, Accident and Life, and Political Risks and Contingency business. 

For more information, please go to: www.beazley.com 

 

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