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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

  • 06 March 2026 09:50:05
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 6833V
Barclays PLC
06 March 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:

05 Mar 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:

8,979,634

1.50%

4,706,352

0.79%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

269,014

0.04%

7,467,868

1.25%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

9,248,648

1.54%

12,174,220

2.03%

(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

525,017

12.9000 GBP

12.8709 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

685,004

12.9000 GBP

12.8800 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 Long

25,522

12.8840 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

269,713

12.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

55,136

12.8801 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,228

12.8802 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

36,168

12.8822 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

79,015

12.8824 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

49,256

12.8840 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,247

12.8842 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

47,637

12.8878 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,676

12.8879 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

460

12.8709 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

48

12.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

480

12.8802 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,800

12.8804 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,797

12.8810 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

26,561

12.8842 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

35,583

12.8849 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

798

12.8850 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

310

12.8861 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

104,923

12.8882 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30,613

12.8886 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100,000

12.8910 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,878

12.8962 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,722

12.8971 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,310

12.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

5,104

12.8888 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

10,617

12.8800 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:

06 Mar 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

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