Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

RNS Number : 6125Y

Barclays PLC

30 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:				27 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:			15,060,395	2.51%	3,759,864	0.63%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			369,093	0.06%	14,488,504	2.42%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			15,429,488	2.57%	18,248,368	3.04%
(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		1,049,824		12.6800 GBP	12.6524 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		281,585		12.6800 GBP	12.6500 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		200,000	12.6563 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,967	12.6719 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,038	12.6500 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,345	12.6505 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		134	12.6509 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		920	12.6550 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		547	12.6567 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35,184	12.6572 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,255	12.6577 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		64,787	12.6600 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,167	12.6607 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,900	12.6626 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		250	12.6654 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		609	12.6655 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30	12.6689 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,829	12.6759 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,205	12.6787 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,900	12.6791 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,276	12.6793 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		359	12.6800 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,131	12.6551 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		119,846	12.6563 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		195,525	12.6619 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		69,607	12.6621 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,222	12.6659 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,334	12.6669 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10	12.6680 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	12.6687 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,508	12.6700 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46,205	12.6707 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		385,043	12.6712 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,874	12.6723 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,708	12.6741 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,880	12.6765 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,417	12.6775 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,537	12.6786 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,926	12.6800 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		254	12.6492 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		553	12.6791 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		17,706	12.6800 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		553	12.6608 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		15,752	12.6652 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:				30 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	30 Mar 2026
Time	10:18:38
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	6125Y

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

Date	30 Mar 2026
Time	10:18:38
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	6125Y

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC