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

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RNS Number : 7747R  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:                                                    02 February 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          1,145,453                   11.7600 GBP                           11.4300 GBP
                             Sale              1,062,978                   11.7194 GBP                           11.4000 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                                                                  219                             11.5860 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,237                          11.6147 GBP

                                                                                                                                  28,533                         11.6805 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1                              11.7200 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                  3,600                          11.5027 GBP

                                                                                                                                  47,435                         11.5203 GBP

                                                                                                                                  641                            11.5382 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,689                          11.5504 GBP

                                                                                                                                  40                             11.5777 GBP

                                                                                                                                  192                            11.5800 GBP

                                                                                                                                  6,078                          11.5862 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,277                          11.6019 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,759                          11.6128 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,155                          11.6170 GBP

                                                                                                                                  54                             11.6199 GBP

                                                                                                                                  943                            11.6200 GBP

                                                                                                                                  806                            11.6297 GBP

                                                                                                                                  34,312                         11.6329 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,282                          11.6347 GBP

                                                                                                                                  192                            11.6400 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,038                          11.6413 GBP

                                                                                                                                  25,152                         11.6438 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,258                          11.6469 GBP

                                                                                                                                  9,181                          11.6486 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,865                          11.6523 GBP

                                                                                                                                  9,097                          11.6572 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,400                          11.6592 GBP

                                                                                                                                  184                            11.6634 GBP

                                                                                                                                  198                            11.6640 GBP

                                                                                                                                  129                            11.6645 GBP

                                                                                                                                  8,856                          11.6711 GBP

                                                                                                                                  15                             11.6724 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,083                          11.6767 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,155                          11.6788 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,169                          11.6800 GBP

                                                                                                                                  888                            11.6899 GBP

                                                                                                                                  11,445                         11.6995 GBP

                                                                                                                                  722                            11.7024 GBP

                                                                                                                                  603                            11.7182 GBP

                                                                                                                                  7,831                          11.7491 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                   18                             11.4839 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,099                          11.6507 GBP

                                                                                                                                  7,081                          11.6684 GBP

                                                                                                                                  936                            11.6791 GBP

                                                                                                                                  400                            11.7050 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                  13,573                         11.5325 GBP

                                                                                                                                  6,686                          11.5785 GBP

                                                                                                                                  639                            11.5953 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,798                          11.6003 GBP

                                                                                                                                  30                             11.6157 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,194                          11.6158 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,373                          11.6162 GBP

                                                                                                                                  6,975                          11.6206 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,634                          11.6240 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,089                          11.6333 GBP

                                                                                                                                  987                            11.6512 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,888                          11.6570 GBP

                                                                                                                                  26,320                         11.6603 GBP

                                                                                                                                  25,311                         11.6647 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,686                          11.6746 GBP

                                                                                                                                  29,177                         11.6768 GBP

                                                                                                                                  8,342                          11.6776 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,799                          11.6798 GBP

                                                                                                                                  94,805                         11.6800 GBP

                                                                                                                                  814                            11.6830 GBP

                                                                                                                                  34,791                         11.6864 GBP

                                                                                                                                  191                            11.6912 GBP

                                                                                                                                  853                            11.7376 GBP

                                                  Opening a long position                                                         18,083                         11.4013 GBP

                                                                                                                                  11,930                         11.5134 GBP

                                                                                                                                  33,508                         11.6526 GBP

                                                                                                                                  10,816                         11.6800 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,779                          11.7000 GBP

                                                  Opening a short position                                                        6,467                          11.4827 GBP

                                                                                                                                  9,267                          11.5619 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,818                          11.6504 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,081                          11.6506 GBP

                                                                                                                                  57,483                         11.6800 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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