Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC Replacement.


    13 April 2026 08:20:19
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RNS Number : 1609A
Barclays PLC
13 April 2026
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 0298A published at 11:56 on 10/04/2026, changes made to section 2a and 3b

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:

 

09 Apr 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:

 

 

20,210,537

3.36%

3,827,132

0.64%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

420,948

0.07%

19,512,785

3.25%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

20,631,485

3.43%

23,339,917

3.88%

(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

1,279,490

12.7218  GBP

12.7111  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

403,399

12.7250  GBP

12.7100  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

60,715

12.7100  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,602

12.7104  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

59,501

12.7111  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

250

12.7135  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

735

12.7140  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

580

12.7153  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,864

12.7155  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

834

12.7157  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,959

12.7162  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,767

12.7186  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,431

12.7197  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

836

12.7200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

294

12.7125  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,971

12.7155  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

500,000

12.7163  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

179,137

12.7177  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

41,315

12.7192  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

127,578

12.7194  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,400

12.7195  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,391

12.7196  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,409

12.7198  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

89,686

12.7200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

38,451

12.7268  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

15,316

12.7122  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

29,415

12.7150  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

174

12.7174  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,447

12.7191  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

5,124

12.7200  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

31,720

12.7117  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

161

12.7150  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,000

12.7159  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

8,895

12.7167  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

12,996

12.7181  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:

13 Apr 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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