Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Barclays PLC

21 April 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:				20 Apr 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:			20,354,220	3.38%	2,181,971	0.36%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			410,659	0.07%	19,615,981	3.26%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			20,764,879	3.45%	21,797,952	3.62%
(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		2,044,496		12.7500  GBP	12.7418  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		198,324		12.7500  GBP	12.7400  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		3	12.7400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,051	12.7412  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		43	12.7415  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		99	12.7418  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,215	12.7421  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,629	12.7425  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		43,203	12.7438  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,260	12.7447  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	12.7450  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,031	12.7454  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		226	12.7462  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,285	12.7465  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		68	12.7466  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		132	12.7475  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		958	12.7477  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		462	12.7478  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,367	12.7480  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34	12.7489  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,629	12.7425  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,763	12.7444  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,752	12.7449  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,081	12.7450  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		370	12.7460  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,068	12.7462  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,926	12.7468  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,982	12.7470  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,387	12.7471  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,675	12.7473  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		112	12.7475  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		111,945	12.7494  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68,478	12.7500  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		18,348	12.7395  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		962	12.7441  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		924	12.7453  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		962	12.7458  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,014	12.7461  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:				21 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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