Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC.


    19 June 2026 10:33:54
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RNS Number : 0389J
Barclays PLC
19 June 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:

 

18 Jun 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:

 

 

20,088,240

3.34%

2,413,820

0.40%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

661,028

0.11%

19,416,122

3.23%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

20,749,268

3.45%

21,829,942

3.63%

(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

700,755

12.8525  GBP

12.8350  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

202,978

12.8500  GBP

12.8350  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

435

12.8399  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

12.8425  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

12.8425  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

12.8475  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

96,284

12.8387  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

20,387

12.8491  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,257

12.8499  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

545

12.8341  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

18,765

12.8507  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,771

12.8505  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

12.8475  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,748

12.8505  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

41,966

12.8499  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

59,313

12.8407  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,915

12.8464  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

545

12.8508  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4

12.8443  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,728

12.8493  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

40

12.8500  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,320

12.8464  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11

12.8500  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,834

12.8383  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

60,460

12.8500  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,322

12.8434  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,138

12.8433  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

40,386

12.8497  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

85,735

12.8472  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,799

12.8468  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,857

12.8493  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15

12.8500  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:

19 Jun 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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