Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

Feb 11 2026 13:37 GMTSource: RNS

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Barclays PLC

11 February 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:				10 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:			8,823,025	1.47%	5,253,752	0.88%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			836,871	0.14%	7,427,647	1.24%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			9,659,896	1.61%	12,681,399	2.12%
(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		1,762,502		12.4116 GBP	12.2900 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,118,561		12.4250 GBP	12.2875 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		16,925	12.3396 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,167	12.3397 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,250	12.2875 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		451,372	12.2900 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		48,403	12.2903 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,625	12.2920 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,383	12.2952 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		73	12.2966 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,996	12.3021 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,022	12.3106 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,779	12.3319 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		962	12.3335 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,527	12.3444 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,163	12.3483 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,747	12.3494 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,319	12.3636 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		145,836	12.3674 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,420	12.3720 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		232,468	12.3737 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,762	12.3765 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,226	12.3770 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,598	12.3837 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,600	12.3891 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,590	12.3938 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		133	12.3981 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,028	12.2900 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7	12.2909 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		43,352	12.2995 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,418	12.3036 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,567	12.3051 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,582	12.3086 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,052	12.3209 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,097	12.3271 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		65,985	12.3277 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.3286 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46,630	12.3361 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		125,912	12.3369 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,813	12.3424 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		92,240	12.3561 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		875	12.3646 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,258	12.3761 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,600	12.3812 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62,940	12.3861 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.3886 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,625	12.3924 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,589	12.3981 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,017	12.4012 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		337	12.4109 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,556	12.4116 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	12.4147 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,368	12.2900 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		27,533	12.3501 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,912	12.3600 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		20,707	12.3669 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		16,323	12.3866 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,368	12.2900 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,473	12.3425 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		11,912	12.3600 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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