Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Barclays PLC

05 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:				04 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:			7,117,177	1.19%	5,229,319	0.87%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			813,356	0.14%	5,726,366	0.96%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			7,930,533	1.32%	10,955,685	1.83%
(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		2,761,125		12.6588  GBP	12.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,258,534		12.6500  GBP	12.3990  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		3,941	12.5602  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,755	12.5603  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		408,906	11.6200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		77	12.3990  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		223,655	12.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		56,297	12.4776  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		718	12.4814  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,907	12.4950  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27	12.5062  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,352	12.5064  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		55,241	12.5096  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		313	12.5110  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		81,834	12.5292  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		55,714	12.5436  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		49,170	12.5442  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		226,204	12.5622  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		724,307	12.5654  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		425	12.5670  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,312	12.5687  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,135	12.5861  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,000	12.5924  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		136,569	12.5936  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,700	12.5991  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		169	12.6004  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,800	12.6060  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		152	12.6152  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		77,498	12.6207  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,930	12.6249  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,648	12.6274  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,537	12.6300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52	12.6398  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		408,906	11.6200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		354,523	12.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,109	12.4002  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,250	12.4062  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.4086  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		86,598	12.4103  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68,709	12.4484  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		937	12.4540  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,600	12.4541  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,375	12.4707  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.4715  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		622	12.4820  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62,657	12.4887  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		70,000	12.4974  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,405	12.5068  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.5087  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.5387  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.5475  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,331	12.5536  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,912	12.5660  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		539	12.5732  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,800	12.5804  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,453	12.5823  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,098	12.5857  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		580	12.5876  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,611	12.5887  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,334	12.5889  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,364	12.5903  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16	12.5925  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	12.5934  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		165,524	12.5962  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		119	12.5990  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		822	12.6019  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,501	12.6088  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		233	12.6100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.6588  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,724	12.5159  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		35,929	12.5630  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,965	12.6288  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,594	12.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		51	12.5800  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		30,470	12.6032  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		22,615	12.6091  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:				05 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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