Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

RNS Number : 5325V

Barclays PLC

05 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:				04 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:			9,055,918	1.51%	4,622,575	0.77%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			181,457	0.03%	7,536,069	1.26%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			9,237,375	1.54%	12,158,644	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		4,042,427		12.9200 GBP	12.8887 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,979,356		12.9103 GBP	12.8889 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		12,042	12.8889 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,800	12.8890 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,164,785	12.8900 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,790	12.8904 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		298,161	12.8913 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,014	12.8916 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		258,582	12.8922 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		564,967	12.8939 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,645	12.8950 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		67,373	12.8970 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		663,517	12.8980 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		313,045	12.8983 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		97,055	12.8985 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,682	12.8988 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100	12.8998 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,362	12.9000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		63,805	12.9015 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,089	12.9023 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,245	12.9030 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,614,961	12.8900 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		59,739	12.8906 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	12.8910 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		270,000	12.8919 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		85,567	12.8923 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,250	12.8925 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,250	12.8926 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,382	12.8933 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		180,000	12.8964 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,201	12.9000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		249,006	12.9010 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,768	12.9020 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		54,418	12.9022 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,166	12.9050 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,645	12.9066 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		52,232	12.8896 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		39,716	12.8897 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,163	12.8947 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,452	12.8992 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		88,710	12.8925 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		7,158	12.9045 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		36,331	12.9142 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:				05 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	499.35p-0.07%
Market Cap	£67.05bn

Date	5 Mar 2026
Time	11:39:33
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	5325V

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	499.35p-0.07%
Market Cap	£67.05bn

Date	5 Mar 2026
Time	11:39:33
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	5325V

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC