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

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RNS Number : 2944S  JPMorgan Securities Plc  09 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:                                                    05 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          1,630,423                   12.4300 GBP                           12.3400 GBP
                             Sale              1,625,249                   12.4132 GBP                           12.3400 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                                                                  5                               12.3546 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,447                          12.3584 GBP

                                                                                                                                  476                            12.3609 GBP

                                                                                                                                  55                             12.3802 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                  277                            12.3412 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,551                          12.3533 GBP

                                                                                                                                  7,147                          12.3541 GBP

                                                                                                                                  73                             12.3553 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,084                          12.3565 GBP

                                                                                                                                  148                            12.3570 GBP

                                                                                                                                  15,264                         12.3586 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,161                          12.3588 GBP

                                                                                                                                  31,438                         12.3591 GBP

                                                                                                                                  642                            12.3599 GBP

                                                                                                                                  32,235                         12.3600 GBP

                                                                                                                                  10,774                         12.3612 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,296                          12.3631 GBP

                                                                                                                                  13,653                         12.3632 GBP

                                                                                                                                  52,890                         12.3633 GBP

                                                                                                                                  41,046                         12.3636 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,420                          12.3643 GBP

                                                                                                                                  9,015                          12.3644 GBP

                                                                                                                                  846                            12.3646 GBP

                                                                                                                                  59,142                         12.3650 GBP

                                                                                                                                  12,747                         12.3656 GBP

                                                                                                                                  33,220                         12.3679 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,371                          12.3693 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,592                          12.3700 GBP

                                                                                                                                  11,495                         12.3705 GBP

                                                                                                                                  12,377                         12.3720 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,883                          12.3726 GBP

                                                                                                                                  68,375                         12.3732 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,820                          12.3735 GBP

                                                                                                                                  22,947                         12.3761 GBP

                                                                                                                                  69,432                         12.3789 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,867                          12.3794 GBP

                                                                                                                                  184                            12.3796 GBP

                                                                                                                                  42                             12.3800 GBP

                                                                                                                                  31,510                         12.3824 GBP

                                                                                                                                  9,635                          12.3825 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,200                          12.3980 GBP

                                                                                                                                  77                             12.4039 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                   1,549                          12.3425 GBP

                                                                                                                                  8,773                          12.3532 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,892                          12.3561 GBP

                                                                                                                                  766                            12.3594 GBP

                                                                                                                                  40,230                         12.3617 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,898                          12.3631 GBP

                                                                                                                                  800                            12.3975 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                  16,235                         12.3530 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,024                          12.3544 GBP

                                                                                                                                  47,212                         12.3553 GBP

                                                                                                                                  18,107                         12.3589 GBP

                                                                                                                                  68,793                         12.3600 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,656                          12.3603 GBP

                                                                                                                                  512                            12.3604 GBP

                                                                                                                                  14,404                         12.3606 GBP

                                                                                                                                  7,608                          12.3610 GBP

                                                                                                                                  7                              12.3614 GBP

                                                                                                                                  38,613                         12.3618 GBP

                                                                                                                                  31,584                         12.3631 GBP

                                                                                                                                  40,408                         12.3724 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,426                          12.3766 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,803                          12.3785 GBP

                                                                                                                                  19,476                         12.3828 GBP

                                                                                                                                  290                            12.3829 GBP

                                                                                                                                  28,712                         12.3830 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,232                          12.3866 GBP

                                                                                                                                  11,804                         12.4011 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,657                          12.4235 GBP

                                                                                                                                  11,513                         12.4299 GBP

                                                  Opening a long position                                                         689                            12.3391 GBP

                                                  Opening a short position                                                        2,875                          12.3609 GBP

                                                                                                                                  263,000                        12.3855 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,221                          12.3874 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:  09 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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