Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BEAZLEY PLC Replacement

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 8537Z published at 11:53 on 09/04/2026, changes made to section 2a and 3b.

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:

08 Apr 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:

19,333,314

3.22%

3,826,000

0.64%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

420,948

0.07%

18,634,931

3.10%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

19,754,262

3.29%

22,460,931

3.74%

(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

1,333,045

12.7250 GBP

12.7000 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

424,942

12.7200 GBP

12.7011 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

38,077

12.7011 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100,000

12.7163 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,142

12.7096 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

108,451

12.7100 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

40,583

12.7105 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,210

12.7113 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

36,259

12.7120 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,260

12.7127 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,762

12.7133 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

453

12.7139 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,681

12.7147 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

21,358

12.7152 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,209

12.7159 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

58,142

12.7100 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,963

12.7101 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

56,788

12.7102 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,056

12.7106 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

243

12.7108 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

48,022

12.7112 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,947

12.7115 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,857

12.7129 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

24,810

12.7133 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,161

12.7149 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

62,284

12.7151 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

500,000

12.7163 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

852

12.7166 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

147,365

12.7172 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,744

12.7173 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,270

12.7198 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,153

12.7091 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

10,084

12.7107 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

250

12.7122 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,864

12.7141 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

218

12.7150 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

8,011

12.7187 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,153

12.7308 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:

13 Apr 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213