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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC Replacement

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 5739S
Barclays PLC
11 February 2026
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 7327R published at 11:55 on 04/02/2026, changes made to section 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:

 

03 Feb 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:

 

 

7,224,529

1.21%

4,839,262

0.81%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

388,434

0.06%

5,783,348

0.96%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

7,612,963

1.27%

10,622,610

1.77%

(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

493,265

11.6600  GBP

11.5900  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

561,733

11.6600  GBP

11.5900  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

13,143

11.6178  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

56,673

11.6000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

158,296

11.6013  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

44,348

11.6199  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

56,460

11.6010  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,936

11.6011  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,827

11.6016  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

90

11.6045  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,935

11.6081  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,856

11.6082  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

11.6083  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

296

11.6094  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

34,229

11.6137  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

43,489

11.6167  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,748

11.6176  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

445

11.6196  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

408,908

11.6200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,490

11.6241  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,367

11.6266  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

488

11.6350  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

98,712

11.6000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,020

11.6002  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

81,222

11.6005  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

54,267

11.6019  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,400

11.6032  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

55,756

11.6103  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,000

11.6111  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,503

11.6112  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,470

11.6135  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

408,906

11.6200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,915

11.6219  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,800

11.6243  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,464

11.6282  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,587

11.6297  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

16

11.6193  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

614

11.6179  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:

11 Feb 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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