REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc Amend
17/02/2026 16:00
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RNS Number : 3860T 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: 13 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 3,037,301 12.4600 GBP 12.2950 GBP
Sale 2,653,828 12.4501 GBP 12.3000 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 69 12.3006 GBP
23 12.3087 GBP
33,740 12.3088 GBP
2,620 12.3105 GBP
119,120 12.3131 GBP
69 12.3380 GBP
73 12.3548 GBP
38,739 12.3552 GBP
43 12.3592 GBP
Decrease Short 8,803 12.3000 GBP
147 12.3098 GBP
115,117 12.3138 GBP
6,136 12.3139 GBP
23 12.3151 GBP
23,410 12.3311 GBP
1 12.3338 GBP
2,148 12.3390 GBP
33 12.3400 GBP
3,152 12.3407 GBP
681 12.3444 GBP
4,905 12.3448 GBP
5,267 12.3487 GBP
610 12.3503 GBP
22,433 12.3677 GBP
1,286 12.3748 GBP
1,779 12.3850 GBP
23,033 12.3884 GBP
3,507 12.3995 GBP
4,400 12.4074 GBP
2,561 12.4078 GBP
2,020 12.4095 GBP
19,724 12.4461 GBP
1,966 12.4501 GBP
Increase Long 31,035 12.3062 GBP
163 12.3188 GBP
400 12.4075 GBP
Increase Short 4,423 12.3000 GBP
1,348 12.3002 GBP
229 12.3029 GBP
10,646 12.3087 GBP
1,586 12.3166 GBP
2,500 12.3250 GBP
13 12.3369 GBP
17,220 12.3386 GBP
757 12.3429 GBP
2,257 12.3539 GBP
1,062 12.3595 GBP
5,269 12.3657 GBP
1 12.3700 GBP
290 12.3738 GBP
1,286 12.3753 GBP
5,849 12.3770 GBP
93,677 12.3985 GBP
258,540 12.4087 GBP
2,184 12.4265 GBP
29,549 12.4353 GBP
Opening a long position 7,548 12.3000 GBP
127 12.3416 GBP
16,077 12.3482 GBP
Opening a short position 23,501 12.3000 GBP
251 12.3551 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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