REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc Amend
19/02/2026 16:30
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RNS Number : 7246T JPMorgan Securities Plc 19 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: 16 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 1,076,170 12.3200 GBP 12.1700 GBP
Sale 327,649 12.3385 GBP 12.1700 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 4,028 12.2006 GBP
41,406 12.2065 GBP
600 12.2233 GBP
596 12.2506 GBP
57 12.2612 GBP
62 12.2668 GBP
Decrease Short 2,174 12.1929 GBP
545 12.1995 GBP
670 12.1998 GBP
2,599 12.2000 GBP
3,639 12.2012 GBP
486 12.2015 GBP
7,813 12.2021 GBP
4,693 12.2026 GBP
4,817 12.2039 GBP
6,323 12.2076 GBP
31,174 12.2088 GBP
1,683 12.2122 GBP
28,908 12.2150 GBP
11,276 12.2181 GBP
275 12.2248 GBP
2,236 12.2249 GBP
3,601 12.2250 GBP
19,310 12.2296 GBP
5,436 12.2298 GBP
5 12.2348 GBP
524 12.2505 GBP
16,012 12.2523 GBP
1,348 12.2544 GBP
2,335 12.2711 GBP
2,300 12.2791 GBP
Increase Long 1,443 12.2300 GBP
Increase Short 2,200 12.1923 GBP
14,845 12.1990 GBP
885 12.2000 GBP
36,959 12.2002 GBP
2,564 12.2012 GBP
14,995 12.2021 GBP
105 12.2043 GBP
1,035 12.2059 GBP
16,942 12.2070 GBP
2,534 12.2103 GBP
356 12.2200 GBP
275 12.2252 GBP
22,694 12.2253 GBP
494 12.2303 GBP
3,322 12.2314 GBP
1,822 12.2447 GBP
5,790 12.2488 GBP
1,379 12.2524 GBP
1,837 12.2584 GBP
429,782 12.2598 GBP
6,004 12.2641 GBP
91 12.2731 GBP
5,586 12.2754 GBP
449 12.2822 GBP
275,779 12.3062 GBP
Opening a long position 36,882 12.2000 GBP
2,024 12.2103 GBP
49,094 12.2190 GBP
11,365 12.2356 GBP
3,849 12.2608 GBP
491 12.2799 GBP
Opening a short position 44,742 12.2000 GBP
10,990 12.2128 GBP
9,869 12.2304 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: 19 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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