Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Barclays PLC

08 June 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:				05 Jun 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:			16,263,946	2.70%	2,676,505	0.44%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			918,580	0.15%	15,619,626	2.60%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			17,182,526	2.86%	18,296,131	3.04%
(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		194,049		12.8408  GBP	12.8237  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		187,673		12.8456  GBP	12.8250  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		932	12.8326  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100	12.8348  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		300	12.8365  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,304	12.8259  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,335	12.8318  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,057	12.8302  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,498	12.8306  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,382	12.8293  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,489	12.8408  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52,475	12.8306  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		741	12.8490  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		5,220	12.8353  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		125	12.8299  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		626	12.8348  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,244	12.8343  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,109	12.8329  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,608	12.8341  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		151	12.8300  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		741	12.8309  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		220	12.8456  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		499	12.8300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,295	12.8300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		255	12.8274  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,288	12.8300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,975	12.8300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		51	12.8300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,992	12.8331  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		24,156	12.8320  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,061	12.8300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,430	12.8296  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,330	12.8300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,282	12.8316  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,241	12.8325  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		127	12.8350  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		8,249	12.8300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,875	12.8326  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,898	12.8317  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,446	12.8300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,548	12.8331  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,975	12.8321  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,057	12.8258  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,723	12.8380  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:				08 Jun 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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