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REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc Amend

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RNS Number : 5834R  JPMorgan Securities Plc  03 February 2026

AMENDMENT

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED
INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

 (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                                            J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form  Beazley plc
 relates:

      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is        Corporate Broker and Financial Adviser to Beazley Plc
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    30 January 2026
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    N/A
 making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

 

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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  Purchases/ sales  Total number of securities  Highest price per unit paid/received  Lowest price per unit paid/received

 5p ordinary                 Purchase          779,244                     11.4800 GBP                           11.2500 GBP
                             Sale              363,146                     11.5000 GBP                           11.2452 GBP

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit

                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
                                                  position
 5p ordinary                 Equity Swap          Decrease Long                                                                  117,404                         11.3300 GBP

                                                                                                                                  180                            11.3305 GBP

                                                                                                                                  114                            11.3309 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,593                          11.3610 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                  3,100                          11.2452 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,205                          11.2766 GBP

                                                                                                                                  6,610                          11.2783 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,114                          11.3097 GBP

                                                                                                                                  17,918                         11.3159 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,274                          11.3233 GBP

                                                                                                                                  738                            11.3289 GBP

                                                                                                                                  29,784                         11.3300 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,811                          11.3340 GBP

                                                                                                                                  367                            11.3440 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,441                          11.3459 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,104                          11.3485 GBP

                                                                                                                                  6,499                          11.3641 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,602                          11.3765 GBP

                                                                                                                                  6,900                          11.3769 GBP

                                                                                                                                  540                            11.3771 GBP

                                                                                                                                  163                            11.3788 GBP

                                                                                                                                  198                            11.3815 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,500                          11.3936 GBP

                                                                                                                                  6,313                          11.4123 GBP

                                                                                                                                  173                            11.4148 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,313                          11.4190 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,191                          11.4257 GBP

                                                                                                                                  16,796                         11.4419 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,970                          11.4466 GBP

                                                                                                                                  10,252                         11.4488 GBP

                                                                                                                                  553                            11.4519 GBP

                                                                                                                                  8,035                          11.4576 GBP

                                                                                                                                  451                            11.4697 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,805                          11.4800 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,565                          11.4991 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                   30                             11.3163 GBP

                                                                                                                                  17,212                         11.3286 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,545                          11.3294 GBP

                                                                                                                                  303                            11.3295 GBP

                                                                                                                                  117,404                        11.3300 GBP

                                                                                                                                  41                             11.3751 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,080                          11.3752 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                  350                            11.2523 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,500                          11.2567 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,993                          11.2753 GBP

                                                                                                                                  28,397                         11.2764 GBP

                                                                                                                                  508                            11.2767 GBP

                                                                                                                                  330,581                        11.2812 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,178                          11.2902 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,114                          11.3103 GBP

                                                                                                                                  40,059                         11.3300 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,050                          11.3309 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,636                          11.3311 GBP

                                                                                                                                  28,090                         11.3434 GBP

                                                                                                                                  897                            11.3481 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,621                          11.3675 GBP

                                                                                                                                  224                            11.3703 GBP

                                                                                                                                  693                            11.3738 GBP

                                                                                                                                  41,530                         11.3776 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,656                          11.3795 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,903                          11.3865 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,598                          11.4299 GBP

                                                                                                                                  63,888                         11.4511 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,556                          11.4519 GBP

                                                                                                                                  9,068                          11.4533 GBP

 

(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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit

                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit

                             e.g. call option

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)

                             e.g. subscription, conversion

 

3.         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 exempt
 principal trader 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 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 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

 

 

 Date of disclosure:  03 February 2026
 Contact name:        Hetvi Shah
 Telephone number:    44 2034 936359

 

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 dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .

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