Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

RNS Number : 2943R

Barclays PLC

02 February 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:				30 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:			7,650,456	1.28%	4,878,500	0.81%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			425,422	0.07%	6,233,268	1.04%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			8,075,878	1.35%	11,111,768	1.85%
(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		1,086,193		11.4900 GBP	11.2400 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		665,669		11.4900 GBP	11.2177 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		Increasing Short		8,801	11.3661 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,812	11.2177 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,000	11.2777 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		45,000	11.2805 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,074	11.2806 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,813	11.2877 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		41	11.2990 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,064	11.3277 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		324	11.3290 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,114	11.3292 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,993	11.3294 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		167,400	11.3300 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		858	11.3419 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,122	11.3608 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		430	11.3738 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		732	11.3739 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,116	11.3808 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,879	11.3851 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38,072	11.4243 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,910	11.4281 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,247	11.4544 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32	11.4590 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,166	11.4625 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,578	11.2685 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,488	11.2720 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		741	11.2900 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,250	11.3001 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,869	11.3054 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		708	11.3059 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		304	11.3160 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,585	11.3279 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		153,022	11.3299 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		361,426	11.3300 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,715	11.3311 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,980	11.3322 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,226	11.3323 USD
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,625	11.3379 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,090	11.3547 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		85,782	11.3711 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,813	11.3822 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		228	11.4050 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		623	11.4303 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,000	11.4568 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,124	11.4691 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,000	11.4868 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		26,044	11.4033 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,343	11.4079 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,316	11.2776 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:				02 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	484.25p-0.77%
Market Cap	£65.03bn

Date	2 Feb 2026
Time	10:47:06
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	2943R

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	484.25p-0.77%
Market Cap	£65.03bn

Date	2 Feb 2026
Time	10:47:06
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	2943R

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC