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Barclays PLC — Director's Dealing 2026
Mar 5, 2026
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RNS Number : 5325V
Barclays PLC
05 March 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: | 04 Mar 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: | 9,055,918 | 1.51% | 4,622,575 | 0.77% | |||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||
| and/or controlled: | 181,457 | 0.03% | 7,536,069 | 1.26% | |||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
| TOTAL: | 9,237,375 | 1.54% | 12,158,644 | 2.03% | |||
| (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 | 4,042,427 | 12.9200 GBP | 12.8887 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 4,979,356 | 12.9103 GBP | 12.8889 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 | 12,042 | 12.8889 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 40,800 | 12.8890 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,164,785 | 12.8900 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 14,790 | 12.8904 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 298,161 | 12.8913 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,014 | 12.8916 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 258,582 | 12.8922 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 564,967 | 12.8939 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 26,645 | 12.8950 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 67,373 | 12.8970 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 663,517 | 12.8980 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 313,045 | 12.8983 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 97,055 | 12.8985 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,682 | 12.8988 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 100 | 12.8998 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,362 | 12.9000 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 63,805 | 12.9015 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 15,089 | 12.9023 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,245 | 12.9030 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,614,961 | 12.8900 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 59,739 | 12.8906 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 100,000 | 12.8910 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 270,000 | 12.8919 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 85,567 | 12.8923 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,250 | 12.8925 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,250 | 12.8926 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 16,382 | 12.8933 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 180,000 | 12.8964 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,201 | 12.9000 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 249,006 | 12.9010 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 19,768 | 12.9020 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 54,418 | 12.9022 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,166 | 12.9050 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,645 | 12.9066 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 52,232 | 12.8896 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 39,716 | 12.8897 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 4,163 | 12.8947 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 11,452 | 12.8992 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 88,710 | 12.8925 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 7,158 | 12.9045 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 36,331 | 12.9142 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: | 05 Mar 2026 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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