Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC Replacement

Barclays PLC

17 February 2026

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 8092S published at 11:53 on 12/02/2026, changes made to section 3A
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:				11 Feb 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:			9,354,771	1.56%	5,016,343	0.84%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			599,456	0.10%	7,911,041	1.32%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,954,227	1.66%	12,927,384	2.16%
(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		2,317,733		12.3400  GBP	12.1450  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,548,578		12.3496  GBP	12.1215  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		Increasing Short		8,439	12.2617  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,482	12.2618  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,088	12.1215  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,168	12.1390  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,813	12.1475  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		41,177	12.2083  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,922	12.2170  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,749	12.2358  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,639	12.2435  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		461	12.2565  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30	12.2590  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,754	12.2593  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,124	12.2689  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,067	12.2694  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,371	12.2700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,218	12.2713  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,397	12.2807  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5	12.3496  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,167	12.1604  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,625	12.1685  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,833	12.1885  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,169	12.2061  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		60,781	12.2184  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100	12.2212  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,500	12.2393  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,291	12.2625  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,183	12.2631  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		53,831	12.2645  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		90,583	12.2688  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,706	12.2696  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		253,077	12.2700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,650	12.2709  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		93,889	12.2735  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,726	12.2770  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		969	12.2873  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,185	12.2901  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,594	12.2966  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		49,685	12.3061  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,445	12.2434  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6	12.2700  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		132,978	12.4061  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		228,022	12.4062  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,377	12.2700  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		68,401	12.2756  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		132,978	12.4061  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		228,022	12.4062  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		753,177	12.4662  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:				16 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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