Beazley Regulatory News (BEZ)

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:

16 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:

19,184,980

3.19%

2,305,761

0.38%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

535,728

0.09%

18,749,344

3.12%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

19,720,708

3.28%

21,055,105

3.50%

(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

1,556,746

12.8419 GBP

12.8342 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

232,462

12.8408 GBP

12.8343 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

30

12.8439 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2

12.8375 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25

12.8425 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

67

12.8425 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

12.8375 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

12.8375 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

12.8425 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11

12.8425 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

39,337

12.8353 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

888

12.8393 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

8,608

12.8393 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,872

12.8391 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

47,722

12.8376 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

3,424

12.8388 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

359

12.8391 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

49,094

12.8383 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

45,000

12.8364 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,703

12.8425 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

12.8375 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

12.8375 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

219

12.8425 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,392

12.8425 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,234

12.8216 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

8,608

12.8400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

13,228

12.8343 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

144

12.8397 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

359

12.8408 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2

12.8375 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10

12.8348 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

57,857

12.8376 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

111

12.8400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,018

12.8400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12

12.8425 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,624

12.8395 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

85,718

12.8400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,467

12.8347 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,929

12.8367 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

35,874

12.8385 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

730,080

12.8364 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

52

12.8400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

155,213

12.8410 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

637

12.8400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,438

12.8397 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

52,790

12.8400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,691

12.8400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,245

12.8369 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

200,009

12.8419 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,427

12.8350 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:

17 Jun 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213