Picture of Beazley logo

BEZ Beazley News Story

0.000.00%
gb flag iconLast trade - 00:00
FinancialsAdventurousLarge CapNeutral

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

For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
https://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20260401:nRSA1497Za&default-theme=true

RNS Number : 1497Z  JPMorgan Securities Plc  01 April 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:                                                    30 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          1,498,389                   12.6906 GBP                           12.6600 GBP
                             Sale              1,070,438                   12.6900 GBP                           12.6600 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                             12.6600 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,271                           12.6611 GBP
                                                                                                                                 189                             12.6656 GBP
                                                                                                                                 102                             12.6700 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,800                           12.6750 GBP
                                                                                                                                 41,339                          12.6767 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,953                           12.6777 GBP
                                                                                                                                 307                             12.6805 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,848                           12.6830 GBP
                                                                                                                                 299                             12.6844 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,813                           12.6868 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,397                           12.6889 GBP
                                                                                                                                 126                             12.6900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 416                             12.6904 GBP
                                                                                                                                 32                              12.6906 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,524                           12.6910 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,709                           12.6913 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 2,250                           12.6598 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,913                           12.6653 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,446                           12.6697 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5                               12.6699 GBP
                                                                                                                                 205                             12.6722 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,964                           12.6746 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,253                           12.6791 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,990                           12.6796 GBP
                                                                                                                                 134,876                         12.6900 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  6,730                           12.6643 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,072                           12.6691 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,669                          12.6797 GBP
                                                                                                                                 276                             12.6800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,000                           12.6839 GBP
                                                                                                                                 16,000                          12.6843 GBP
                                                                                                                                 345                             12.6894 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,906                           12.6900 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 1,258                           12.6653 GBP
                                                                                                                                 960                             12.6687 GBP
                                                                                                                                 115                             12.6702 GBP
                                                                                                                                 411                             12.6704 GBP
                                                                                                                                 17,634                          12.6707 GBP
                                                                                                                                 29,926                          12.6750 GBP
                                                                                                                                 350                             12.6758 GBP
                                                                                                                                 537                             12.6857 GBP
                                                                                                                                 57,085                          12.6900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,308                           12.6902 GBP
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       98,384                          12.6900 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:  01 April 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) .

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
 or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
.   END  FERUAUBRNNUSRAR



            Copyright 2019 Regulatory News Service, all rights reserved

Recent news on Beazley

See all news