REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc Amend
17/02/2026 13:15
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RNS Number : 3749T JPMorgan Securities Plc 17 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: 12 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 912,413 12.4500 GBP 12.2850 GBP
Sale 455,724 12.4500 GBP 12.2753 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 112 12.3456 GBP
30 12.3675 GBP
18 12.3678 GBP
1 12.3706 GBP
9,937 12.3817 GBP
400 12.3850 GBP
2,904 12.3878 GBP
39 12.4161 GBP
Decrease Short 333 12.2753 GBP
79 12.3193 GBP
242 12.3247 GBP
35,624 12.3446 GBP
4,700 12.3491 GBP
17,663 12.3529 GBP
5,483 12.3538 GBP
873 12.3600 GBP
4,200 12.3679 GBP
83 12.3681 GBP
521 12.3695 GBP
22,715 12.3696 GBP
8,570 12.3700 GBP
23,810 12.3740 GBP
488 12.3800 GBP
3,113 12.3832 GBP
6,187 12.3864 GBP
5,928 12.3923 GBP
770 12.3927 GBP
105 12.3997 GBP
1,536 12.4052 GBP
1,292 12.4175 GBP
58,887 12.4207 GBP
5,530 12.4293 GBP
29,065 12.4471 GBP
Increase Long 4,883 12.3641 GBP
795 12.3694 GBP
19,988 12.3696 GBP
Increase Short 50,000 12.2909 GBP
4,572 12.3024 GBP
49,946 12.3348 GBP
1,376 12.3496 GBP
58,889 12.3587 GBP
1 12.3600 GBP
7,937 12.3700 GBP
36,209 12.3702 GBP
600 12.3703 GBP
8,843 12.3704 GBP
7,790 12.3707 GBP
526 12.3712 GBP
2 12.3713 GBP
7,652 12.3800 GBP
16,922 12.3834 GBP
24,984 12.3986 GBP
365 12.4005 GBP
34,527 12.4029 GBP
1,876 12.4032 GBP
25 12.4220 GBP
931 12.4244 GBP
Opening a long position 7,033 12.3257 GBP
12,652 12.3390 GBP
1,637 12.3509 GBP
21,559 12.3700 GBP
1,534 12.3928 GBP
7,066 12.4034 GBP
1,980 12.4085 GBP
Opening a short position 431 12.3404 GBP
2,387 12.3450 GBP
407,138 12.3700 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: 17 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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