Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Barclays PLC

06 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:				05 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:			9,003,694	1.50%	4,895,974	0.82%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			480,055	0.08%	7,613,649	1.27%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,483,749	1.58%	12,509,623	2.09%
(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		3,831,896		12.4660  GBP	12.3400  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,612,034		12.4114  GBP	12.3400  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		5,086	12.3675  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,076	12.3676  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25	12.3548  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		551	12.3552  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,099	12.3569  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,578	12.3591  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,446	12.3595  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		127,408	12.3600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,387	12.3606  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		45,344	12.3622  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		130,688	12.3642  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,412	12.3653  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,292	12.3655  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,251	12.3663  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,701	12.3668  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,497	12.3670  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		80,857	12.3676  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,939	12.3684  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,360	12.3699  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,596	12.3701  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,322	12.3709  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,078	12.3713  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,991	12.3714  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,791	12.3730  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		81	12.3746  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47	12.3747  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		296	12.3926  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,522	12.3939  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		114	12.3942  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,100	12.3988  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		92	12.4098  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,000	12.3524  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,000	12.3537  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,682	12.3550  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,463	12.3552  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	12.3553  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,872	12.3589  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		431,811	12.3600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,250	12.3628  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,176	12.3682  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,951	12.3723  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,131	12.3778  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,200	12.3781  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,793	12.3815  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		454,235	12.3900  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.3935  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,625	12.4024  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,366	12.3728  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		36,570	12.3783  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,594	12.3800  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		12,981	12.3826  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		132,978	12.4061  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		114,011	12.4062  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		123,627	12.3600  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		3,376	12.3633  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		211,181	12.4024  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		362,121	12.4025  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		199,467	12.4061  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		228,022	12.4062  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		625	12.4625  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		753,177	12.4662  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:				06 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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