Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Barclays PLC

03 February 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:				02 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:			7,321,619	1.22%	4,867,884	0.81%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			416,030	0.07%	5,811,367	0.97%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			7,737,649	1.29%	10,679,251	1.78%
(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		1,184,278		11.7500  GBP	11.4796  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,502,499		11.7500  GBP	11.4420  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		23,126	11.4419  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		68,981	11.5700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,705	11.6496  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		665	11.5707  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,600	11.5711  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		685	11.5825  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,000	11.5966  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,000	11.6010  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,346	11.6119  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,452	11.6194  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,848	11.6279  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,923	11.6326  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		167,218	11.6356  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		431	11.6376  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,813	11.6426  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,585	11.6468  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,623	11.6488  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		58,678	11.6498  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,195	11.6517  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,610	11.6523  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,539	11.6540  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,720	11.6552  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		154	11.6588  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,215	11.6638  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,680	11.6639  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		256	11.6663  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		962	11.6710  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,296	11.6729  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,444	11.6794  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		962	11.6797  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		148,426	11.6800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,606	11.6889  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		416	11.7100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		138	11.4300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33	11.5200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	11.5209  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	11.5309  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,247	11.5423  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,905	11.5580  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		751	11.5800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		611	11.5905  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		532	11.6079  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,991	11.6119  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,812	11.6229  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,153	11.6586  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,000	11.6597  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		51,084	11.6704  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,860	11.6716  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,744	11.6773  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,773	11.6774  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,148	11.6778  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,210	11.6800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		78,981	11.6958  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		503	11.6293  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		27,799	11.6624  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		18,567	11.6460  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:				03 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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