FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser: SOCIETE GENERALE SA | (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named. | (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree Beazley plc | (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: | (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure 30/07/2026 | (f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" N/A |
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
(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: 30,088,556 5.00 14,034,635 2.33 | (2) Cash-settled derivatives: 16,656,816 2.77 29,450,281 4.90 | (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00 0 0.00 | TOTAL: 46,745,372 7.77 43,484,916 7.23 |
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee 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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit GBP | 5p ordinary Purchase 2,012 12.92 | 5p ordinary Purchase 173 12.92 | 5p ordinary Purchase 3,855 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 131,292 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 10,000 12.92 | 5p ordinary Sale 4 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 44 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 52 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 143 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 1,214 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 1,214 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 38 12.91 | 5p ordinary Sale 39 12.91 | 5p ordinary Sale 53 12.91 | 5p ordinary Sale 166 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 170 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 222 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 228 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 251 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 258 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 300 12.91 | 5p ordinary Sale 867 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 1,755 12.91 | 5p ordinary Sale 170 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 176 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 45 12.9125 | 5p ordinary Sale 340 12.91 | 5p ordinary Sale 340 12.91 | 5p ordinary Sale 406 12.91 | 5p ordinary Sale 535 12.91 | 5p ordinary Sale 554 12.92 | 5p ordinary Sale 826 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 1,193 12.91 | 5p ordinary Sale 1,869 12.92 | 5p ordinary Sale 2,460 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 77 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 88 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 116 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 145 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 245 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 290 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 328 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 331 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 499 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 532 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 536 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 620 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 956 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 2,183 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 2,428 12.905 | 5p ordinary Sale 3,855 12.905 |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description e.g. CFD Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position Number of reference securities Price per unit GBP | 5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 131,292 12.905 | 5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 10,000 12.92 |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security
Product description e.g. call option
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
Number of securities to which option relates
Exercise price per unit
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security
Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
Details
Price per unit (if applicable)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person 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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
NO
| Date of disclosure: 31/07/2026 | Contact name: Paul Jenkins | Telephone number*: +44 20 7676 6969 |
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact [email protected] or visit www.rns.com.RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy. END RETUARARNUUBOAR