Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

RNS Number : 1544X

Barclays PLC

18 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:				17 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:			10,939,650	1.82%	3,634,464	0.61%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			249,759	0.04%	9,681,512	1.61%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			11,189,409	1.87%	13,315,976	2.22%
(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		806,246		12.9100 GBP	12.8800 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		424,930		12.9100 GBP	12.8800 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		26,594	12.8991 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		700	12.8858 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,670	12.8900 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		796	12.8917 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,152	12.8924 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		184	12.8959 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,050	12.8971 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		241	12.8977 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		60	12.8989 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		194	12.8997 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,080	12.9000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,762	12.9035 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		176	12.9036 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5	12.9046 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		349	12.9074 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		746	12.8800 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,370	12.8837 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,208	12.8865 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,697	12.8900 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,720	12.8936 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,481	12.8940 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,232	12.8945 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,410	12.8949 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		620	12.8957 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,417	12.8962 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62,292	12.8963 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,607	12.8987 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,728	12.8991 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,676	12.8992 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45,015	12.9000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62,695	12.9002 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		52,746	12.9006 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		695	12.9008 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,438	12.9012 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,602	12.8892 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		387	12.8965 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		479	12.8991 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		17,186	12.9000 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		14,890	12.8863 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,312	12.8961 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		17,186	12.9000 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		479	12.9008 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:				18 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Date	18 Mar 2026
Time	10:03:53
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	1544X