Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Barclays PLC

09 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:				06 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:			9,070,905	1.51%	4,940,253	0.82%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			525,438	0.09%	7,676,568	1.28%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,596,343	1.60%	12,616,821	2.10%
(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		732,076		12.5200  GBP	12.3500  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		709,144		12.4900  GBP	12.3500  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		21,131	12.3947  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		330	12.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,101	12.3600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,017	12.3624  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		77,982	12.3686  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,775	12.3708  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,100	12.3721  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		104,913	12.3750  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,828	12.3784  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,655	12.3791  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,248	12.3792  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13	12.3798  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,503	12.3827  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		60	12.3890  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		550	12.3905  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		940	12.3925  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,655	12.3969  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	12.3990  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		468	12.3993  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,465	12.3994  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,888	12.4108  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,400	12.4557  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,862	12.3586  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,605	12.3587  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		61,472	12.3600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		458	12.3661  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,625	12.3666  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,155	12.3709  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,200	12.3736  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,534	12.3749  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,880	12.3816  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,400	12.3820  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,060	12.3822  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,517	12.3860  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,285	12.3882  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,159	12.3909  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41	12.3970  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,045	12.4007  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,093	12.4015  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		61	12.4600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		432	12.4800  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,651	12.3751  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,022	12.3873  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,386	12.3600  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,852	12.3745  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,849	12.4382  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:				09 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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