Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Barclays PLC

12 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:				11 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:			20,282,027	3.37%	2,395,613	0.40%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			617,542	0.10%	19,497,228	3.24%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			20,899,569	3.47%	21,892,841	3.64%
(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		588,168		12.7958  GBP	12.7850  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		494,815		12.7950  GBP	12.7747  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		24,279	12.7747  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,599	12.7803  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,865	12.7836  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		82,651	12.7840  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		649	12.7856  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,272	12.7863  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		258	12.7866  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34	12.7894  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35	12.7895  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		55,675	12.7900  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,894	12.7925  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,278	12.7942  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		862	12.7946  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5	12.7950  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,031	12.7860  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,885	12.7862  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		152,445	12.7863  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,688	12.7875  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,136	12.7884  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,263	12.7902  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45,867	12.7916  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,768	12.7917  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,638	12.7921  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,101	12.7930  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		558	12.7933  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,351	12.7934  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,200	12.7941  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,990	12.7950  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,878	12.7952  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,475	12.7969  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		543	12.7985  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		24,323	12.7853  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:				12 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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