Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

RNS Number : 6951X

Barclays PLC

23 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:				20 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:			11,500,514	1.92%	3,699,448	0.62%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			309,268	0.05%	10,930,850	1.82%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			11,809,782	1.97%	14,630,298	2.44%
(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		2,815,021		12.6550 GBP	12.6381 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,744,789		12.6550 GBP	12.6362 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		25,252	12.6436 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40	12.6362 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		391	12.6374 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,600	12.6391 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		401,169	12.6400 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39,882	12.6402 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		114,577	12.6408 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,831	12.6413 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,855	12.6430 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		674	12.6442 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,800	12.6447 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		178,580	12.6458 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,409	12.6481 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		390	12.6489 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,700	12.6491 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		146	12.6498 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		768	12.6500 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		756	12.6511 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,107	12.6533 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,839	12.6400 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,819	12.6402 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10	12.6410 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,312	12.6411 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		85,662	12.6412 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19	12.6421 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		315	12.6425 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,811	12.6467 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		250,000	12.6488 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,483	12.6498 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,224	12.6530 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,313	12.6538 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,500	12.6638 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,899	12.6395 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		16,835	12.6407 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		724	12.6491 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		437	12.6400 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		724	12.6408 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,585	12.6425 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		399,711	12.6481 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,149,366	12.6513 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:				23 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	496.65p0.64%
Market Cap	£66.76bn

Date	23 Mar 2026
Time	09:41:36
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	6951X

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	496.65p0.64%
Market Cap	£66.76bn

Date	23 Mar 2026
Time	09:41:36
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	6951X

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC