Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC Replacement.


    30 January 2026 10:19:03
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RNS Number : 0889R
Barclays PLC
30 January 2026
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 8054P Published at 11:40 on 21/01/2026, changes made to section 2A,3A

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 Jan 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:

 

 

6,745,973

1.13%

5,012,210

0.84%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

672,748

0.11%

5,274,742

0.87%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

7,418,721

1.24%

10,336,952

1.71%

(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

2,607,184

11.6000  GBP

11.2600  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

2,261,984

11.6000  GBP

11.2600  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

196,949

11.2600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

46,332

11.2609  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,829

11.2611  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

952

11.3410  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

51,857

11.3513  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

47,640

11.3618  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,524

11.3674  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25,867

11.3893  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23,519

11.4260  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

103,151

11.4295  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

368,108

11.4333  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,845

11.4453  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

539

11.4465  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,872

11.4513  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,146

11.4557  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,810

11.4569  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

63,597

11.4710  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,283

11.4764  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25,522

11.4767  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,970

11.4793  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

829

11.4893  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,176

11.4906  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,672

11.4973  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

400

11.4990  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,761

11.5179  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

38,118

11.5212  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3

11.5833  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,598

11.5846  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

256,578

11.2600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,657

11.2602  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11

11.2609  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,000

11.2611  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

185,224

11.2665  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,827

11.2670  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,813

11.2902  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

61

11.2951  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

108,274

11.2955  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,406

11.3022  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,481

11.3136  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,406

11.3297  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30,194

11.3361  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

42,000

11.3382  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,568

11.3399  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

58

11.3441  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,198

11.3471  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,321

11.3490  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,813

11.3554  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,545

11.3574  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,813

11.3689  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,009

11.3801  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,591

11.3820  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

66,000

11.3856  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

81,924

11.3862  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

50,000

11.3980  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

446

11.4000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,406

11.4022  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

67,167

11.4027  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,392

11.4068  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,406

11.4122  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,392

11.4199  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

369,893

11.4200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,406

11.4295  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

64,182

11.4646  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

427

11.4756  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

32

11.4846  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100,000

11.4881  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

777

11.4917  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,444

11.5000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

64,182

11.5017  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15

11.5159  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,081

11.2600  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,489

11.3190  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

25,473

11.3900  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

18,229

11.4581  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

75,000

11.4707  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

13,126

11.4744  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,528

11.5800  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

15,040

11.3604  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,156

11.6007  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 Jan 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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