REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc Amend
20/02/2026 15:00
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RNS Number : 8936T JPMorgan Securities Plc 20 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: 18 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 1,013,777 12.1694 GBP 12.0949 GBP
Sale 905,302 12.1631 GBP 12.0950 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 1 12.1105 GBP
13,733 12.1139 GBP
15,122 12.1230 GBP
3,338 12.1238 GBP
999 12.1284 GBP
342 12.1312 GBP
Decrease Short 4,160 12.0999 GBP
27,639 12.1050 GBP
1,145 12.1088 GBP
36,620 12.1090 GBP
3,084 12.1093 GBP
96,647 12.1096 GBP
151 12.1100 GBP
3,018 12.1102 GBP
22,775 12.1135 GBP
40,270 12.1151 GBP
10,651 12.1156 GBP
11,171 12.1180 GBP
5,011 12.1182 GBP
37 12.1200 GBP
9,544 12.1278 GBP
24 12.1290 GBP
19,358 12.1300 GBP
2,573 12.1347 GBP
11 12.1388 GBP
6,598 12.1408 GBP
6,585 12.1473 GBP
6,373 12.1496 GBP
2 12.1498 GBP
2,000 12.1585 GBP
Increase Long 800 12.1095 GBP
300 12.1367 GBP
Increase Short 373 12.0949 GBP
3,143 12.0998 GBP
25,000 12.1061 GBP
2,500 12.1068 GBP
200 12.1085 GBP
3,709 12.1100 GBP
14,951 12.1102 GBP
1,868 12.1104 GBP
10,616 12.1108 GBP
25,048 12.1110 GBP
212 12.1175 GBP
4,366 12.1182 GBP
15,000 12.1185 GBP
933 12.1204 GBP
18,750 12.1205 GBP
645 12.1225 GBP
813 12.1237 GBP
349 12.1252 GBP
2,350 12.1253 GBP
1,851 12.1300 GBP
20,566 12.1301 GBP
300 12.1333 GBP
90,000 12.1336 GBP
3,046 12.1440 GBP
2 12.1502 GBP
35,000 12.1575 GBP
110 12.1604 GBP
112,800 12.1686 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: 20 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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