Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Barclays PLC

27 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:				26 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:			6,423,364	1.07%	5,524,815	0.92%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,071,265	0.18%	4,930,757	0.82%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			7,494,629	1.25%	10,455,572	1.74%
(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		608,861		11.7017  GBP	11.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,026,790		11.7000  GBP	11.3200  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		22	11.3990  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4	11.3996  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,158	11.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,108	11.4039  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29	11.4149  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		191,201	11.4201  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	11.4202  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,331	11.4283  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,403	11.4308  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		115	11.4377  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,084	11.4497  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,343	11.4681  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,557	11.4979  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,869	11.5002  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		832	11.5019  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		493	11.5022  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,208	11.5184  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,638	11.5349  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		68,392	11.5381  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,707	11.5441  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,633	11.5598  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,067	11.5609  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	11.5700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,000	11.5840  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,500	11.5940  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		505	11.6037  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		339	11.6290  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,853	11.3574  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		75,319	11.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,158	11.4001  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,000	11.4002  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		582	11.4011  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,406	11.4027  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,205	11.4100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,913	11.4116  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		47,792	11.4119  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,545	11.4124  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		444	11.4201  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		264	11.4267  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		547	11.4293  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,612	11.4306  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		282	11.4338  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,703	11.4400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		721	11.4807  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,406	11.4822  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		333	11.4854  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		124	11.4925  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		208	11.5261  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,000	11.5331  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		98	11.5346  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		221	11.5506  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,151	11.5600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,034	11.5638  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,406	11.5723  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,280	11.7017  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,870	11.3861  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		631	11.3990  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		9,561	11.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		217,823	11.4001  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,394	11.4189  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		18,663	11.4400  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		460	11.4876  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		38,388	11.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		7,561	11.5651  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:				27 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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