Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

RNS Number : 2657F

Barclays PLC

21 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:				20 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:			16,236,834	2.70%	2,233,604	0.37%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			473,403	0.08%	15,547,598	2.58%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			16,710,237	2.78%	17,781,202	2.96%
(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		567,981		12.8208 GBP	12.8041 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,285,691		12.8200 GBP	12.8041 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		Decreasing Short		13,435	12.8139 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,138,042	12.8050 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11	12.8062 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,757	12.8067 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20	12.8069 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8	12.8089 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,829	12.8094 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35	12.8098 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		364	12.8113 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		982	12.8147 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,242	12.8169 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		224	12.8193 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,774	12.8197 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,146	12.8199 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,292	12.8200 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,861	12.8058 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,894	12.8072 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,853	12.8077 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,013	12.8108 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,258	12.8120 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		73,678	12.8141 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		164,841	12.8146 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,659	12.8160 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		78	12.8175 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,073	12.8182 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,889	12.8186 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,696	12.8193 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,382	12.8195 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,489	12.8199 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		55,457	12.8200 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		108	12.8202 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,187	12.8206 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,075	12.8207 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,247	12.8208 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		77	12.8210 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		822	12.8190 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		13,887	12.8154 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		738	12.8182 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		822	12.8209 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:				21 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	495.45p0.44%
Market Cap	£66.59bn

Date	21 May 2026
Time	08:31:16
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	2657F

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	495.45p0.44%
Market Cap	£66.59bn

Date	21 May 2026
Time	08:31:16
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	2657F

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC