Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Barclays PLC

30 January 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:				29 Jan 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:			7,235,939	1.21%	4,884,507	0.81%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			431,429	0.07%	5,819,567	0.97%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			7,667,368	1.28%	10,704,074	1.79%
(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		678,314		11.4300  GBP	11.2700  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		592,089		11.4464  GBP	11.2700  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		23,127	11.3709  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,113	11.3507  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,625	11.3095  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,406	11.3143  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,636	11.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,463	11.3237  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,523	11.3299  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,700	11.3301  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		650	11.3331  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,933	11.3440  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,614	11.3470  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,120	11.3485  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		963	11.3606  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,063	11.3681  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,290	11.3692  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		530	11.3743  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		899	11.3746  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		101,384	11.3758  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,625	11.3777  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		233	11.3799  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,625	11.3802  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,600	11.3830  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,625	11.3978  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		245,905	11.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,871	11.3202  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,813	11.3272  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,046	11.3350  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		83,257	11.3360  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,680	11.3405  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		387	11.3456  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,063	11.3509  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,535	11.3619  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,291	11.3634  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,264	11.3657  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,093	11.3706  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,375	11.3730  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		377	11.3800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,800	11.3806  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		812	11.3923  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		122	11.3593  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		44,336	11.3595  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		18,156	11.3665  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,858	11.3692  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:				30 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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