Beazley PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2026

Mar 5, 2026

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 5775V

Beazley PLC

05 March 2026

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB00BYQ0JC66

Issuer Name

BEAZLEY PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Bank of America Corporation

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

US

4. Details of the shareholder

Full name of shareholder(s) if different from the person(s) subject to the notification obligation, above

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

26-Feb-2026

6. Date on which Issuer notified

27-Feb-2026*

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	0.001668	0.592914	0.594582	3564578
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	0.395179	7.226159	7.621338

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
GB00BYQ0JC66		10000		0.001668
Sub Total 8.A	10000		0.001668%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
Physical Swaps	09/03/2026	n/a	428000	0.071392
Physical Swaps	02/06/2026	n/a	248000	0.041367
Physical Swaps	14/09/2026	n/a	710000	0.118430
Sub Total 8.B1			1386000	0.231189%

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Swaps	03/03/2026	n/a	Cash	55592	0.009273
Swaps	23/07/2026	n/a	Cash	1664406	0.277628
Swaps	31/07/2026	n/a	Cash	160000	0.026688
Swaps	11/12/2026	n/a	Cash	37475	0.006251
Swaps	20/09/2027	n/a	Cash	224871	0.037509
Swaps	15/10/2027	n/a	Cash	26131	0.004359
Put Option	15/05/2026	n/a	Cash	103	0.000017
Sub Total 8.B2				2168578	0.361725%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Bank of America Corporation	Bank of America, National Association

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional Information

12. Date of Completion

27-Feb-2026

13. Place Of Completion

United Kingdom

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