Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Barclays PLC

10 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:				09 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:			9,009,699	1.50%	5,084,367	0.85%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			668,608	0.11%	7,615,156	1.27%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,678,307	1.61%	12,699,523	2.12%
(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		503,168		12.4502  GBP	12.3800  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		708,488		12.4800  GBP	12.3800  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		2,378	12.4352  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,689	12.4353  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,753	12.4100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,279	12.4101  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,483	12.4105  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,913	12.4114  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,199	12.4153  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,579	12.4165  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		314	12.4166  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,368	12.4197  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		410	12.4200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,230	12.4232  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,287	12.4293  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,486	12.4319  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7	12.4347  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		91,356	12.4351  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,815	12.4437  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		263,967	12.4500  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,623	12.4501  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		705	12.3933  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		73,108	12.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		714	12.4014  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,929	12.4093  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,182	12.4104  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,782	12.4130  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,902	12.4184  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,334	12.4186  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		780	12.4238  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,690	12.4262  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,611	12.4283  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,218	12.4387  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,466	12.4424  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,067	12.4425  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,208	12.4500  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		15,014	12.4049  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		9,675	12.4182  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,252	12.4269  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,964	12.4331  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,610	12.4098  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,019	12.4100  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:				10 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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