Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC

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:

18 May 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:

16,006,812

2.66%

2,374,882

0.39%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

614,690

0.10%

15,349,688

2.55%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

16,621,502

2.76%

17,724,570

2.95%

(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

347,089

12.8152 GBP

12.8066 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

406,219

12.8154 GBP

12.8050 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

14,173

12.8115 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,232

12.8087 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

480

12.8089 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

886

12.8098 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

316,104

12.8100 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,702

12.8145 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,087

12.8148 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

208

12.8150 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,284

12.8059 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,278

12.8076 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,413

12.8087 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,224

12.8093 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,813

12.8108 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,675

12.8113 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,242

12.8118 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,853

12.8125 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,438

12.8134 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

51,972

12.8135 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,610

12.8141 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,387

12.8142 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,873

12.8146 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

43,323

12.8150 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29,675

12.8152 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,378

12.8156 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

6,196

12.8107 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:

19 May 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213