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:

04 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:

16,286,986

2.71%

2,705,921

0.45%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

947,996

0.16%

15,597,750

2.59%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

17,234,982

2.87%

18,303,671

3.04%

(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

148,709

12.8350 GBP

12.8200 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

146,191

12.8350 GBP

12.8144 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

200

12.8248 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

29

12.8239 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

300

12.8265 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

163

12.8284 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

107

12.8310 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,247

12.8300 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,590

12.8306 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

2,884

12.8293 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,264

12.8281 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,084

12.8250 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

287

12.8141 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

3,832

12.8258 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,527

12.8215 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

900

12.8201 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

718

12.8208 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,829

12.8263 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,459

12.8150 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

15,645

12.8292 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

44,991

12.8268 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

287

12.8309 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,527

12.8300 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,825

12.8300 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,000

12.8301 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

4,343

12.8280 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

11,789

12.8280 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,236

12.8258 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

124

12.8300 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,420

12.8183 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,549

12.8295 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,366

12.8244 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

55

12.8341 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,064

12.8300 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

557

12.8236 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,500

12.8241 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

26

12.8325 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

41

12.8300 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

699

12.8312 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,926

12.8218 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,746

12.8308 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

351

12.8250 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

42,884

12.8270 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

627

12.8180 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 Jun 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213