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

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RNS Number : 5116Y  JPMorgan Securities Plc  27 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:                                                    25 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          4,973,740                   12.6700 GBP                           12.6500 GBP
                             Sale              4,245,079                   12.6700 GBP                           12.6400 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                                                                  107                             12.6506 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,701                           12.6524 GBP
                                                                                                                                 46                              12.6525 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,075                           12.6564 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,300                           12.6600 GBP
                                                                                                                                 400                             12.6625 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 251                             12.6487 GBP
                                                                                                                                 42,048                          12.6493 GBP
                                                                                                                                 52,990                          12.6501 GBP
                                                                                                                                 11,758                          12.6514 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,197                           12.6516 GBP
                                                                                                                                 33                              12.6517 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,906                           12.6524 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,960                           12.6537 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,299                           12.6541 GBP
                                                                                                                                 41                              12.6550 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,879                           12.6553 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,137                           12.6587 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,436                           12.6596 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,565                           12.6597 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  7,100                           12.6491 GBP
                                                                                                                                 37,129                          12.6492 GBP
                                                                                                                                 100                             12.6500 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,917                           12.6502 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,719                           12.6528 GBP
                                                                                                                                 54                              12.6587 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,400                           12.6591 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 383,449                         12.6500 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,691                           12.6504 GBP
                                                                                                                                 74,914                          12.6533 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,472                           12.6534 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,566                          12.6589 GBP
                                                                                                                                 82,549                          12.6600 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,902                           12.6601 GBP
                                                                                                                                 85                              12.6700 GBP
                                                                                                                                 588                             12.6719 GBP
                                                  Opening a long position                                                        12,005                          12.6500 GBP
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       234                             12.6502 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,602                          12.6545 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,169                           12.6565 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:  27 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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