Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

RNS Number : 7133T

Barclays PLC

19 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:				18 Feb 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:			11,057,959	1.84%	4,654,404	0.78%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			222,938	0.04%	9,504,702	1.59%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			11,280,897	1.88%	14,159,106	2.36%
(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		1,240,521		12.1799 GBP	12.0900 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		805,727		12.1799 GBP	12.0900 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		326,360	12.1011 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		109	12.1090 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,433	12.1093 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,415	12.1100 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4	12.1123 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,382	12.1143 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39,389	12.1175 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39,022	12.1196 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,414	12.1280 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		181	12.1398 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,597	12.1418 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		278	12.1600 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		48,166	12.1799 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		59	12.0900 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		232,596	12.1100 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	12.1109 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,842	12.1113 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,631	12.1117 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,557	12.1121 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,000	12.1125 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,142	12.1137 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,000	12.1140 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,835	12.1152 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		108,044	12.1159 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,000	12.1160 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,750	12.1205 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,240	12.1211 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,314	12.1254 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,717	12.1272 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,000	12.1286 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		88,872	12.1287 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,561	12.1298 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,605	12.1300 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,360	12.1330 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		196,273	12.1340 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,334	12.1366 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,710	12.1380 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,883	12.1400 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,312	12.1426 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,500	12.1471 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.1495 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14	12.1500 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,396	12.1518 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,406	12.1524 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		66,253	12.0996 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,410	12.1000 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,719	12.1158 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,342	12.1161 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,621	12.1267 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		28,883	12.1346 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,719	12.1489 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:				19 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	497.15p-0.51%
Market Cap	£66.76bn

Date	19 Feb 2026
Time	12:52:51
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	7133T

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	497.15p-0.51%
Market Cap	£66.76bn

Date	19 Feb 2026
Time	12:52:51
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	7133T

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC