Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC Replacement

Barclays PLC

13 April 2026

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 8537Z published at 11:53 on 09/04/2026, changes made to section 2a and 3b.
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:				08 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:			19,333,314	3.22%	3,826,000	0.64%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			420,948	0.07%	18,634,931	3.10%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			19,754,262	3.29%	22,460,931	3.74%
(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		1,333,045		12.7250  GBP	12.7000  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		424,942		12.7200  GBP	12.7011  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		38,077	12.7011  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	12.7163  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,142	12.7096  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		108,451	12.7100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,583	12.7105  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,210	12.7113  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36,259	12.7120  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,260	12.7127  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,762	12.7133  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		453	12.7139  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,681	12.7147  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,358	12.7152  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,209	12.7159  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,142	12.7100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,963	12.7101  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		56,788	12.7102  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,056	12.7106  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		243	12.7108  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		48,022	12.7112  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,947	12.7115  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,857	12.7129  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,810	12.7133  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,161	12.7149  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62,284	12.7151  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		500,000	12.7163  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		852	12.7166  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		147,365	12.7172  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,744	12.7173  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,270	12.7198  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,153	12.7091  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		10,084	12.7107  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		250	12.7122  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,864	12.7141  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		218	12.7150  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,011	12.7187  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,153	12.7308  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:				13 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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