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RNS Number : 4721A  JPMorgan Securities Plc  14 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:                                                    09 April 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          487,591                     12.7225 GBP                           12.7100 GBP
                             Sale              427,788                     12.7225 GBP                           12.7096 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                                                                  975                             12.7163 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,900                           12.7172 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,693                          12.7206 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 17,386                          12.7096 GBP
                                                                                                                                 19,889                          12.7114 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,134                          12.7127 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,081                           12.7144 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,162                           12.7157 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,319                           12.7164 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,529                           12.7165 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,033                           12.7167 GBP
                                                                                                                                 15,006                          12.7172 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,519                           12.7187 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,717                           12.7189 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,295                           12.7199 GBP
                                                                                                                                 102,130                         12.7200 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  7,300                           12.7138 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,700                           12.7191 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 7,322                           12.7120 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,653                           12.7135 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,239                           12.7147 GBP
                                                                                                                                 574                             12.7154 GBP
                                                                                                                                 26,008                          12.7157 GBP
                                                                                                                                 508                             12.7160 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,578                           12.7165 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,811                           12.7167 GBP
                                                                                                                                 32,215                          12.7173 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,506                           12.7177 GBP
                                                                                                                                 20,836                          12.7178 GBP
                                                                                                                                 11,638                          12.7179 GBP
                                                                                                                                 967                             12.7186 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,819                           12.7190 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,355                          12.7194 GBP
                                                                                                                                 40,008                          12.7200 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,076                          12.7201 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,196                           12.7202 GBP
                                                                                                                                 37                              12.7207 GBP
                                                                                                                                 414                             12.7213 GBP
                                                                                                                                 20,883                          12.7218 GBP
                                                                                                                                 716                             12.7219 GBP

                                                  Opening a Long Position                                                        173,801                         12.7200 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:  14 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) .

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