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

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RNS Number : 1796X  JPMorgan Securities Plc  18 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:                                                    16 March 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          1,401,215                   12.9006 GBP                           12.8800 GBP
                             Sale              1,388,853                   12.9085 GBP                           12.8786 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                                                                  702                             12.8800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 155                             12.8845 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,900                           12.8895 GBP
                                                                                                                                 16                              12.8900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,300                           12.8909 GBP
                                                                                                                                 11,824                          12.8934 GBP
                                                                                                                                 199                             12.8956 GBP
                                                                                                                                 49                              12.8957 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,208                           12.8979 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,152                           12.8996 GBP
                                                                                                                                 37,668                          12.8997 GBP
                                                                                                                                 30                              12.9000 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12,823                          12.9004 GBP
                                                                                                                                 692                             12.9006 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 7,181                           12.8740 GBP
                                                                                                                                 556,869                         12.8786 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,778                           12.8796 GBP
                                                                                                                                 900                             12.8810 GBP
                                                                                                                                 730                             12.8896 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,169                           12.8934 GBP
                                                                                                                                 752                             12.8998 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,288                          12.9086 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  13                              12.8802 GBP
                                                                                                                                 800                             12.8803 GBP
                                                                                                                                 157                             12.8835 GBP
                                                                                                                                 642                             12.8853 GBP
                                                                                                                                 749                             12.8863 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,327                           12.8870 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,700                           12.8891 GBP
                                                                                                                                 652                             12.8900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 22,396                          12.8903 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,280                           12.8930 GBP
                                                                                                                                 37,301                          12.8974 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,806                           12.8977 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,989                           12.8991 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 1,234                           12.8808 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,134                           12.8847 GBP
                                                                                                                                 80,019                          12.8877 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,988                           12.8884 GBP
                                                                                                                                 124,600                         12.8893 GBP
                                                                                                                                 221,500                         12.8897 GBP
                                                                                                                                 17,576                          12.8901 GBP
                                                                                                                                 31,761                          12.8910 GBP
                                                                                                                                 68                              12.8913 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,379                           12.8933 GBP
                                                                                                                                 70                              12.8934 GBP
                                                                                                                                 108,005                         12.9000 GBP
                                                                                                                                 413                             12.9013 GBP
                                                  Opening a long position                                                        17,620                          12.9000 GBP
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       9,802                           12.8849 GBP
                                                                                                                                 210                             12.8854 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,608                           12.8886 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:  18 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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