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

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RNS Number : 8369W  JPMorgan Securities Plc  16 March 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:                                                    26 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          960,123                     12.4606 GBP                           12.3400 GBP
                             Sale              666,990                     12.4600 GBP                           12.3391 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                                                                  226                             12.4006 GBP
                                                                                                                                 200                             12.4200 GBP
                                                                                                                                 169                             12.4360 GBP
                                                                                                                                 75                              12.4458 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1                               12.4606 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 170                             12.3400 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,013                           12.3840 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,742                           12.3929 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,924                           12.3982 GBP
                                                                                                                                 892                             12.4043 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,088                           12.4107 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,923                           12.4122 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,895                          12.4126 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,806                           12.4188 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,048                           12.4242 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,018                           12.4266 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,341                           12.4273 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,324                           12.4282 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,158                           12.4292 GBP
                                                                                                                                 161                             12.4294 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14                              12.4302 GBP
                                                                                                                                 38,250                          12.4363 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,781                           12.4400 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,000                           12.4461 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,955                           12.4588 GBP
                                                                                                                                 16,147                          12.4593 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,987                           12.4595 GBP
                                                                                                                                 633                             12.4598 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,406                           12.4600 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  2,000                           12.3391 GBP
                                                                                                                                 15,500                          12.4146 GBP
                                                                                                                                 800                             12.4275 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12                              12.4292 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,493                           12.4481 GBP
                                                                                                                                 13,361                          12.4534 GBP
                                                                                                                                 45                              12.4594 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 926                             12.3691 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,395                           12.3985 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,086                           12.4163 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,552                           12.4201 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1                               12.4250 GBP
                                                                                                                                 48,418                          12.4279 GBP
                                                                                                                                 19                              12.4400 GBP
                                                                                                                                 44,394                          12.4425 GBP
                                                                                                                                 19,691                          12.4441 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,299                           12.4458 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,068                           12.4480 GBP
                                                                                                                                 20,331                          12.4541 GBP
                                                                                                                                 447                             12.4551 GBP
                                                                                                                                 116,920                         12.4600 GBP
                                                  Opening a long position                                                        710                             12.3596 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,537                           12.3618 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,010                           12.4261 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,239                           12.4390 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,990                           12.4600 GBP
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       7,455                           12.4027 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,519                           12.4056 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,212                           12.4116 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12,762                          12.4175 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:  16 March 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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