Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

RNS Number : 3076X

Barclays PLC

19 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:				18 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:			11,084,695	1.85%	3,632,410	0.61%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			247,954	0.04%	10,073,327	1.68%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			11,332,649	1.89%	13,705,737	2.29%
(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		598,919		12.9202 GBP	12.8900 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		451,820		12.9200 GBP	12.8900 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		25,895	12.9124 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,321	12.8900 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,776	12.8905 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,862	12.8950 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,628	12.8974 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,612	12.8987 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30	12.8989 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,200	12.8990 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		875	12.8999 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		775	12.9000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		110	12.9033 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,000	12.9035 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		590	12.9043 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,629	12.9095 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,462	12.9108 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,019	12.9171 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,586	12.9193 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		287	12.9198 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		722	12.9200 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,120	12.8994 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,924	12.9000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		946	12.9001 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,844	12.9012 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		115,061	12.9022 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,609	12.9026 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45,349	12.9030 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,554	12.9032 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,302	12.9038 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		504	12.9040 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		487	12.9050 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,049	12.9082 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,259	12.9087 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		72,750	12.9100 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,011	12.9111 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,974	12.9141 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,088	12.9200 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45,172	12.9202 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		550	12.8890 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		114	12.8992 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		14,476	12.8996 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		17,186	12.9000 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		43,938	12.8964 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,044	12.9100 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		550	12.9209 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 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	499.70p0.61%
Market Cap	£67.10bn

Date	19 Mar 2026
Time	08:56:12
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	3076X

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	499.70p0.61%
Market Cap	£67.10bn

Date	19 Mar 2026
Time	08:56:12
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	3076X

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC