Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

RNS Number : 4386W

Barclays PLC

12 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:				11 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:			10,149,642	1.69%	4,687,563	0.78%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			247,337	0.04%	8,688,433	1.45%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			10,396,979	1.73%	13,375,996	2.23%
(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		448,681		12.8900 GBP	12.8700 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		300,800		12.8901 GBP	12.8700 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		26,591	12.8894 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,243	12.8700 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,380	12.8727 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4	12.8750 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,613	12.8752 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,181	12.8785 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,568	12.8787 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,958	12.8790 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,146	12.8800 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,416	12.8803 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		306	12.8822 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,674	12.8834 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,165	12.8869 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,998	12.8882 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,542	12.8890 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	12.8896 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,043	12.8900 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,119	12.8797 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,423	12.8799 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		61,200	12.8800 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		233,855	12.8814 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,150	12.8825 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,750	12.8826 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,550	12.8829 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		67,932	12.8864 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,154	12.8896 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		49,594	12.8900 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		114	12.8790 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		522	12.8792 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		15	12.8853 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		426	12.8891 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		904	12.8801 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		426	12.8908 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:				12 Mar 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	12 Mar 2026
Time	11:46:16
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	4386W

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

Date	12 Mar 2026
Time	11:46:16
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	4386W

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC