Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

RNS Number : 2186D

Barclays PLC

06 May 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:				05 May 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:			19,952,135	3.32%	2,366,090	0.39%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			585,805	0.10%	19,213,429	3.19%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			20,537,940	3.41%	21,579,519	3.59%
(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		408,606		12.7800 GBP	12.7700 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		638,163		12.7848 GBP	12.7700 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		23,766	12.7759 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,284	12.7700 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		183,204	12.7701 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		54,878	12.7706 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,295	12.7715 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,358	12.7717 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		129	12.7718 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,714	12.7725 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,372	12.7738 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29	12.7739 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,600	12.7741 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		438	12.7760 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,287	12.8189 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		647	12.8200 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,853	12.7749 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,698	12.7750 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,987	12.7753 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,041	12.7756 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,055	12.7763 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,742	12.7767 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,700	12.7780 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		429	12.7810 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,700	12.7958 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		29,936	12.7742 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,105	12.7711 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:				06 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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