Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Barclays PLC

20 April 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:				17 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:			20,144,483	3.35%	3,818,406	0.63%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			412,597	0.07%	19,406,228	3.23%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			20,557,080	3.42%	23,224,634	3.86%
(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		438,475		12.7450  GBP	12.7325  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		270,955		12.7407  GBP	12.7325  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		112	12.7325  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,655	12.7350  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,754	12.7352  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		373	12.7362  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,900	12.7364  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,245	12.7375  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		247	12.7384  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		56,149	12.7385  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		565	12.7389  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,112	12.7391  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,861	12.7398  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,140	12.7399  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,166	12.7400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,542	12.7368  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,447	12.7375  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,561	12.7397  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		181,100	12.7398  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		84,367	12.7400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36	12.7401  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,953	12.7402  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,292	12.7405  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,485	12.7406  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		99	12.7412  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,375	12.7450  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		32,889	12.7343  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,184	12.7391  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		751	12.7360  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,771	12.7381  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,184	12.7408  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:				20 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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