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

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RNS Number : 0110T  JPMorgan Securities Plc  13 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:                                                    11 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          1,675,213                   12.3600 GBP                           12.2069 GBP
                             Sale              781,118                     12.3500 GBP                           12.1400 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                                                                  102                             12.2456 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,646                          12.2625 GBP

                                                                                                                                  174                            12.2700 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,418                          12.2701 GBP

                                                                                                                                  486                            12.2706 GBP

                                                                                                                                  12,490                         12.2712 GBP

                                                                                                                                  13,726                         12.2820 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                  6,000                          12.2073 GBP

                                                                                                                                  23                             12.2100 GBP

                                                                                                                                  327                            12.2146 GBP

                                                                                                                                  18,754                         12.2188 GBP

                                                                                                                                  11                             12.2298 GBP

                                                                                                                                  281                            12.2314 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,019                          12.2443 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,497                          12.2506 GBP

                                                                                                                                  23,910                         12.2511 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,176                          12.2532 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,419                          12.2618 GBP

                                                                                                                                  23,686                         12.2621 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,612                          12.2633 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,579                          12.2650 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,646                          12.2698 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,908                          12.2700 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,577                          12.2717 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,221                          12.2730 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,867                          12.2739 GBP

                                                                                                                                  47,700                         12.2747 GBP

                                                                                                                                  129                            12.2773 GBP

                                                                                                                                  892                            12.3000 GBP

                                                                                                                                  7,200                          12.3030 GBP

                                                                                                                                  24                             12.3122 GBP

                                                                                                                                  379                            12.3159 GBP

                                                                                                                                  11                             12.3300 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                   24                             12.2438 GBP

                                                                                                                                  13,519                         12.2665 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,600                          12.2669 GBP

                                                                                                                                  12,633                         12.2683 GBP

                                                                                                                                  291                            12.2700 GBP

                                                                                                                                  737                            12.2841 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                  59,727                         12.2069 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,000                          12.2080 GBP

                                                                                                                                  108,374                        12.2085 GBP

                                                                                                                                  867                            12.2146 GBP

                                                                                                                                  100,800                        12.2198 GBP

                                                                                                                                  189,666                        12.2255 GBP

                                                                                                                                  11                             12.2302 GBP

                                                                                                                                  62,454                         12.2342 GBP

                                                                                                                                  14,663                         12.2400 GBP

                                                                                                                                  34,712                         12.2406 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,011                          12.2500 GBP

                                                                                                                                  60,000                         12.2590 GBP

                                                                                                                                  625                            12.2600 GBP

                                                                                                                                  16,697                         12.2632 GBP

                                                                                                                                  8,815                          12.2639 GBP

                                                                                                                                  43,056                         12.2652 GBP

                                                                                                                                  14,222                         12.2675 GBP

                                                                                                                                  18,388                         12.2700 GBP

                                                                                                                                  416                            12.2702 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,438                          12.2705 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,568                          12.2709 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,331                          12.2712 GBP

                                                                                                                                  13,742                         12.2733 GBP

                                                                                                                                  25,078                         12.2753 GBP

                                                                                                                                  244                            12.2762 GBP

                                                                                                                                  116,571                        12.2804 GBP

                                                                                                                                  50,000                         12.3006 GBP

                                                  Opening a long position                                                         835                            12.2206 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,556                          12.2394 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,067                          12.2396 GBP

                                                                                                                                  8,942                          12.2655 GBP

                                                                                                                                  8,240                          12.2693 GBP

                                                                                                                                  37,095                         12.2700 GBP

                                                                                                                                  12,371                         12.2790 GBP

                                                                                                                                  294                            12.2846 GBP

                                                  Opening a short position                                                        502                            12.2276 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,188                          12.2301 GBP

                                                                                                                                  37,500                         12.2393 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,757                          12.2587 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1                              12.2601 GBP

                                                                                                                                  14,877                         12.2606 GBP

                                                                                                                                  14,877                         12.2608 GBP

                                                                                                                                  67,495                         12.2700 GBP

                                                                                                                                  458                            12.3304 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:  13 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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