Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

RNS Number : 3971U

Barclays PLC

25 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:				24 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:			12,382,725	2.07%	4,614,323	0.77%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			180,480	0.03%	10,817,934	1.80%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			12,563,205	2.10%	15,432,257	2.57%
(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		729,905		12.2800 GBP	12.1800 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		480,108		12.2807 GBP	12.1800 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		2,683	12.1900 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,533	12.1990 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,084	12.1995 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		294	12.2000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,838	12.2058 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,607	12.2085 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,994	12.2107 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,090	12.2133 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		123	12.2396 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		68	12.2397 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12	12.2400 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,800	12.2441 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,000	12.2487 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,275	12.2601 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18	12.2790 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,137	12.2800 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,899	12.1873 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,643	12.2056 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		568	12.2089 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,905	12.2184 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,742	12.2205 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,352	12.2315 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,653	12.2362 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,635	12.2373 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62,755	12.2586 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,747	12.2596 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,893	12.2600 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,958	12.2629 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		74,081	12.2676 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,049	12.2678 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		264	12.2700 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		66,482	12.2716 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,310	12.2800 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		22,281	12.2105 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		6,403	12.2267 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,426	12.2303 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		20,143	12.2490 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:				25 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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FEOSEUFFIEMSELE

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

Date	25 Feb 2026
Time	11:51:53
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	3971U

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

Date	25 Feb 2026
Time	11:51:53
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	3971U

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC