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:

24 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:

12,077,683

2.01%

3,810,428

0.64%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

393,153

0.07%

11,419,192

1.90%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

12,470,836

2.08%

15,229,620

2.54%

(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

621,065

12.6606 GBP

12.6437 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

152,911

12.6612 GBP

12.6360 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

39,240

12.6361 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100,000

12.6488 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

26,294

12.6536 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,622

12.6423 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

927

12.6424 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,946

12.6450 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

41

12.6489 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16,790

12.6506 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

327

12.6518 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,640

12.6544 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

73

12.6549 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

910

12.6591 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,311

12.6600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,978

12.6485 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,102

12.6500 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

51,939

12.6557 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,266

12.6569 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,595

12.6575 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,125

12.6577 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,000

12.6592 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

200,930

12.6594 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

743

12.6600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,091

12.6601 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23,612

12.6606 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

721

12.6591 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

721

12.6408 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:

26 Mar 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213