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

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RNS Number : 8351A  JPMorgan Securities Plc  16 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:                                                    14 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          1,327,079                   12.7450 GBP                           12.7300 GBP
                             Sale              900,271                     12.7500 GBP                           12.7225 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                                                                  14                              12.7356 GBP
                                                                                                                                 37                              12.7364 GBP
                                                                                                                                 23,986                          12.7367 GBP
                                                                                                                                 63                              12.7376 GBP
                                                                                                                                 966                             12.7385 GBP
                                                                                                                                 38                              12.7406 GBP
                                                                                                                                 194                             12.7409 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 12,936                          12.7159 GBP
                                                                                                                                 300                             12.7250 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,089                           12.7270 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12,802                          12.7298 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,024                           12.7303 GBP
                                                                                                                                 93                              12.7325 GBP
                                                                                                                                 115                             12.7346 GBP
                                                                                                                                 80,205                          12.7350 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,127                           12.7360 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,788                           12.7368 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10                              12.7370 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,022                          12.7376 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,116                           12.7377 GBP
                                                                                                                                 963                             12.7421 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  9,900                           12.7302 GBP
                                                                                                                                 105,000                         12.7332 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 761                             12.7300 GBP
                                                                                                                                 320                             12.7302 GBP
                                                                                                                                 124                             12.7304 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,215                           12.7321 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,323                           12.7324 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,656                           12.7351 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,090                          12.7352 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,498                           12.7363 GBP
                                                                                                                                 632                             12.7369 GBP
                                                                                                                                 592                             12.7370 GBP
                                                                                                                                 73,264                          12.7374 GBP
                                                                                                                                 48,168                          12.7383 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,000                           12.7386 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,999                           12.7392 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,098                           12.7399 GBP
                                                                                                                                 27,246                          12.7400 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,098                           12.7402 GBP
                                                                                                                                 86,778                          12.7403 GBP
                                                                                                                                 20,501                          12.7413 GBP
                                                                                                                                 290,000                         12.7489 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 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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