Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

RNS Number : 6003P

Barclays PLC

20 January 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:				19 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:				BEAZLEY PLC
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			6,719,385	1.12%	5,330,822	0.89%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			874,619	0.15%	4,965,401	0.83%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			7,594,004	1.27%	10,296,223	1.72%
(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
BEAZLEY PLC		Purchase		2,659,651		11.9000 GBP	8.1800 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		Sale		4,015,956		11.9211 GBP	8.1800 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Opening Long		1,640	8.1924 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		359	8.2100 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,552	8.2295 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		15	8.2317 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		953	8.2368 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		200	8.2399 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,411	8.2553 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,154	10.9616 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,212	11.0511 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,765	11.2884 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,318	11.3833 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		100,000	11.3943 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		68,692	11.4062 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,971	11.4099 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		25	11.4144 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		248	11.4198 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,819	11.4371 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,436	11.4385 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		181,983	11.4489 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		845,558	11.4519 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		69,075	11.4791 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,470	11.4795 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		351	11.4805 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		207	11.4809 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		41,102	11.4935 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		31,472	11.5004 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		36,733	11.5130 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		100	11.5156 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,185	11.5276 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,131	11.5909 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,800	11.5910 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		41,176	11.5922 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		35,965	11.5957 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		118	11.5958 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		100,000	11.5960 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,064	11.5976 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,943	11.6077 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,400	11.6131 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		172	11.6149 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,771	11.6502 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,229	11.6670 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,073	11.6677 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		46,872	11.6739 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		22,934	11.6976 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,226	11.6976 USD
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,196	11.6982 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		310	11.6991 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		649,747	11.7000 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		14	11.7590 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,223	11.8147 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,812	11.8492 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,840	11.9174 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		750	11.9211 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		49	8.2100 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		937	8.2216 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		833	8.2227 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,100	8.2260 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		539	8.2342 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		253	8.2405 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,284	8.4091 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,179	9.7183 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		936	10.2642 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,830	10.6655 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		975	10.7070 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18,696	10.9715 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		80	11.1720 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,185	11.2533 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		35,262	11.3744 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,522	11.3940 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		340	11.3950 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,115	11.4010 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		50,000	11.4099 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		41,273	11.4109 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,500	11.4111 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,250	11.4115 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,609	11.4132 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,878	11.4191 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,122	11.4224 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,246	11.4394 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30,350	11.4442 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		257,914	11.4483 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		50,750	11.4485 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		765	11.4500 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19	11.4501 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,406	11.4507 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,813	11.4653 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		52,072	11.4709 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,536	11.4866 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		25,598	11.5175 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		100,000	11.5394 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		202	11.5492 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		29,337	11.5503 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,406	11.5523 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		366	11.5550 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30,157	11.5932 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		98,709	11.5995 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,406	11.6803 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		198,146	11.7000 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,546	11.7002 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		555	11.7009 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,168	11.7580 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		CFD		Opening Long		1,381	8.2221 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		CFD		Increasing Long		22,644	11.7000 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,239	10.7265 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		CFD		Opening Short		49,868	11.4724 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		CFD		Increasing Short		117,288	11.5614 GBP
BEAZLEY PLC		CFD		Increasing Short		25,172	11.7000 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 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	492.40p1.67%
Market Cap	£66.12bn

Date	20 Jan 2026
Time	09:43:19
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	6003P

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	492.40p1.67%
Market Cap	£66.12bn

Date	20 Jan 2026
Time	09:43:19
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	6003P

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC