Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Barclays PLC

24 September 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:				23 Sep 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:			18,228,176	3.03%	2,995,875	0.50%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,543,882	0.26%	17,303,934	2.87%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			19,772,058	3.28%	20,299,809	3.37%
(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		61,466		13.0750  GBP	13.0573  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		952,492		13.1000  GBP	13.0588  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		34	13.0698  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		46	13.0589  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36	13.0589  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		60	13.0641  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		646	13.0680  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,883	13.0615  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		95	13.0627  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		49	13.0646  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,991	13.0593  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		285	13.0621  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		148	13.0720  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,812	13.0611  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5	13.0708  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		204	13.0648  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,062	13.0715  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,033	13.0600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		318	13.0622  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39	13.0606  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,342	13.0625  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,697	13.0650  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13	13.0650  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		68,914	13.0612  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		596	13.0746  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		224	13.0641  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		103	13.0644  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,253	13.0628  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		67	13.0679  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,456	13.0672  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		114	13.0634  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17	13.0676  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,660	13.0596  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		96	13.0627  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		554	13.0600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,576	13.0673  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,129	13.0750  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		132,133	13.0622  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,298	13.0625  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:				24 Sep 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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