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

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RNS Number : 7726R  JPMorgan Securities Plc  04 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:                                                    28 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          987,541                     11.4300 GBP                           11.2993 GBP
                             Sale              2,289,472                   11.4300 GBP                           11.2639 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                                                                  515                             11.3155 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,276                           11.3305 GBP

                                                                                                                                 26,500                          11.3357 GBP
                                                                                                                                 36,733                          11.3369 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,395                           11.3468 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,475                           11.3500 GBP
                                                                                                                                 600                             11.3800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,580                           11.3851 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 4,700                           11.3184 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,389                           11.3277 GBP
                                                                                                                                 66,885                          11.3283 GBP
                                                                                                                                 29,124                          11.3300 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,918                           11.3312 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,903                           11.3327 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,010                           11.3330 GBP
                                                                                                                                 28,167                          11.3338 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,033                          11.3391 GBP
                                                                                                                                 675,700                         11.3400 GBP
                                                                                                                                 36,975                          11.3414 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,189                           11.3434 GBP
                                                                                                                                 22,163                          11.3459 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,084                           11.3475 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,084                          11.3514 GBP

                                                                                                                                 301,393                         11.3523 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,276                           11.3548 GBP
                                                                                                                                 74,274                          11.3554 GBP
                                                                                                                                 268,288                         11.3616 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,548                           11.3634 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,913                           11.3655 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,349                           11.3664 GBP
                                                                                                                                 78,201                          11.3703 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,582                          11.3877 GBP
                                                                                                                                 160                             11.3888 GBP
                                                                                                                                 19,510                          11.3947 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,835                           11.3971 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,517                           11.4029 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,934                           11.4124 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,911                           11.4198 GBP
                                                                                                                                 307                             11.4231 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,800                           11.4292 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  139                             11.3640 GBP
                                                                                                                                 824                             11.3641 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 93,251                          11.3268 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,452                          11.3300 GBP
                                                                                                                                 42,191                          11.3303 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5                               11.3311 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,314                           11.3376 GBP
                                                                                                                                 970                             11.3399 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,380                           11.3497 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,224                           11.3498 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,416                           11.3544 GBP
                                                                                                                                 30,690                          11.3555 GBP
                                                                                                                                 20,282                          11.3568 GBP
                                                                                                                                 24,605                          11.3647 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1                               11.3711 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,092                           11.3876 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,808                           11.3937 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,848                           11.3939 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,019                           11.3963 GBP
                                                                                                                                 731                             11.3980 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,187                           11.4017 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,843                           11.4202 GBP
                                                                                                                                 68                              11.4208 GBP
                                                                                                                                 42                              11.4400 GBP
                                                                                                                                 18,600                          15.6424 GBP
                                                  Opening a long position                                                        3,529                           11.3294 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,841                           11.3300 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,477                           11.3385 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,554                           11.3628 GBP
                                                                                                                                 262                             11.3753 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,022                           11.3911 GBP
                                                                                                                                 771                             11.3941 GBP
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       7,959                           11.3506 GBP
                                                                                                                                 11,388                          11.3587 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,209                           11.3603 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:  04 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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