Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Barclays PLC

08 May 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:				07 May 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:			19,996,410	3.32%	2,371,725	0.39%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			591,730	0.10%	19,258,533	3.20%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			20,588,140	3.42%	21,630,258	3.60%
(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		464,553		12.8000  GBP	12.7800  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		514,715		12.8003  GBP	12.7791  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		2,667	12.7791  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,107	12.7825  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,443	12.7826  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		102,331	12.7835  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,784	12.7862  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,254	12.7884  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,165	12.7888  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		46,179	12.7899  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,399	12.7928  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,728	12.7949  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		183	12.7952  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		345	12.7954  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,433	12.7961  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		366	12.7976  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		527	12.7983  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		233	12.7800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		52,840	12.7802  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,132	12.7808  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,871	12.7866  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,069	12.7912  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,849	12.7917  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,929	12.7931  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,338	12.7938  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,648	12.7940  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,806	12.7943  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		845	12.7948  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,323	12.7950  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		80	12.7951  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,566	12.7969  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		261	12.8010  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		310	12.7790  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		310	12.7909  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:				08 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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