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RNS Number : 5237F  JPMorgan Securities Plc  22 May 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:                                                    20 May 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          576,659                     12.8228 GBP                           12.8050 GBP
                             Sale              280,256                     12.8200 GBP                           12.8025 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                                                                  756                             12.8081 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,343                           12.8155 GBP
                                                                                                                                 44                              12.8206 GBP
                                                                                                                                 54,957                          12.8209 GBP
                                                                                                                                 11,859                          12.8210 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 5,824                           12.8049 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,290                           12.8050 GBP
                                                                                                                                 34                              12.8057 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,501                           12.8070 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12,654                          12.8083 GBP
                                                                                                                                 552                             12.8099 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,781                           12.8100 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,350                           12.8118 GBP
                                                                                                                                 89                              12.8193 GBP
                                                                                                                                 41,279                          12.8196 GBP
                                                                                                                                 43,780                          12.8200 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 105,567                         12.8050 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,466                           12.8054 GBP
                                                                                                                                 35,790                          12.8082 GBP
                                                                                                                                 121                             12.8083 GBP
                                                                                                                                 73                              12.8102 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,496                           12.8150 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,914                           12.8152 GBP
                                                                                                                                 170                             12.8158 GBP
                                                                                                                                 17,073                          12.8163 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,866                           12.8166 GBP
                                                                                                                                 24,031                          12.8170 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,864                           12.8187 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,145                           12.8197 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,016                           12.8199 GBP
                                                                                                                                 119,918                         12.8200 GBP
                                                                                                                                 178                             12.8206 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,652                           12.8213 GBP
                                                                                                                                 28                              12.8218 GBP
                                                                                                                                 266                             12.8219 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,297                           12.8228 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,740                           12.8278 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:  22 May 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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