Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC Replacement

Barclays PLC

30 January 2026

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 8054P Published at 11:40 on 21/01/2026, changes made to section 2A,3A
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 Jan 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:			6,745,973	1.13%	5,012,210	0.84%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			672,748	0.11%	5,274,742	0.87%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			7,418,721	1.24%	10,336,952	1.71%
(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		2,607,184		11.6000  GBP	11.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,261,984		11.6000  GBP	11.2600  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		196,949	11.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		46,332	11.2609  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,829	11.2611  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		952	11.3410  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		51,857	11.3513  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,640	11.3618  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,524	11.3674  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,867	11.3893  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,519	11.4260  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		103,151	11.4295  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		368,108	11.4333  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,845	11.4453  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		539	11.4465  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,872	11.4513  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,146	11.4557  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,810	11.4569  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		63,597	11.4710  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,283	11.4764  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,522	11.4767  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,970	11.4793  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		829	11.4893  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,176	11.4906  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,672	11.4973  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		400	11.4990  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,761	11.5179  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38,118	11.5212  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	11.5833  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,598	11.5846  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		256,578	11.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,657	11.2602  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11	11.2609  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,000	11.2611  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		185,224	11.2665  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,827	11.2670  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,813	11.2902  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		61	11.2951  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		108,274	11.2955  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,406	11.3022  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,481	11.3136  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,406	11.3297  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,194	11.3361  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,000	11.3382  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,568	11.3399  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58	11.3441  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,198	11.3471  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,321	11.3490  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,813	11.3554  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,545	11.3574  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,813	11.3689  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,009	11.3801  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,591	11.3820  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		66,000	11.3856  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		81,924	11.3862  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	11.3980  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		446	11.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,406	11.4022  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		67,167	11.4027  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,392	11.4068  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,406	11.4122  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,392	11.4199  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		369,893	11.4200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,406	11.4295  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		64,182	11.4646  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		427	11.4756  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32	11.4846  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	11.4881  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		777	11.4917  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,444	11.5000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		64,182	11.5017  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15	11.5159  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,081	11.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,489	11.3190  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		25,473	11.3900  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		18,229	11.4581  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		75,000	11.4707  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13,126	11.4744  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,528	11.5800  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		15,040	11.3604  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,156	11.6007  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:				30 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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