Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC Replacement

Barclays PLC

30 January 2026

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 1967Q published at 11:57 on 23/01/2026, changes made to section 2A,3B
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:				22 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:			7,213,558	1.20%	4,879,716	0.81%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			443,310	0.07%	5,687,556	0.94%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			7,656,868	1.28%	10,567,272	1.75%
(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		3,859,457		11.4600  GBP	10.6500  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,784,798		11.4650  GBP	10.5485  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		6,284	11.2016  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46,153	11.2979  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,250	10.5485  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,250	10.7311  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,625	10.8428  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42	10.8491  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		70,483	10.9413  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		166,916	10.9437  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,900	10.9519  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33	10.9699  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,985	11.0439  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,625	11.0892  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,625	11.1020  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34	11.1326  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		271,397	11.1415  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		114	11.1576  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		99,139	11.1600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		51,415	11.1667  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		846	11.1701  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,639	11.1820  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,266	11.1855  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,624	11.2021  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,281	11.2051  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9	11.2055  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,791	11.2155  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,262	11.2308  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,163	11.2375  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,860	11.2378  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,679	11.2422  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,419	11.2446  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		517,820	11.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,000	11.2634  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		67	11.2637  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,361	11.2883  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,407	11.2896  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100	11.2925  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		364	11.2938  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,089	11.3075  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,695	11.3331  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,000	11.4588  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,000	10.6899  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,000	10.7060  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,976	10.7296  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,000	10.7810  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,906	10.7921  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,000	10.8792  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,000	10.8860  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,802	10.9467  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,014	10.9967  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,228	11.0012  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		290,626	11.0043  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		554	11.0051  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,205	11.0129  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,813	11.1322  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,813	11.1422  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		76,776	11.1444  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,368	11.1479  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,737	11.1600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		67,886	11.1606  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,875	11.1677  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,625	11.1686  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,465	11.1721  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,813	11.1972  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		54,192	11.1973  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11	11.2018  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		423	11.2209  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		127,422	11.2439  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		51,869	11.2442  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,400	11.2458  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		535,920	11.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44	11.2900  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,474	11.3000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,813	11.3114  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,866	11.3300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,881	11.3306  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,812	11.3822  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,889	10.9224  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,631	11.1589  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		26,553	11.1989  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,093	11.2088  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,869	11.2519  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,368	11.2528  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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