REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc
04/02/2026 11:30
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RNS Number : 7284R JPMorgan Securities Plc 04 February 2026
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: 03 February 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 423,651 11.6591 GBP 11.5800 GBP
Sale 387,691 11.6600 GBP 11.5600 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 11.6005 GBP
26,699 11.6041 GBP
300 11.6400 GBP
Decrease Short 4,500 11.5992 GBP
451 11.5997 GBP
4,189 11.6000 GBP
27,181 11.6001 GBP
4,018 11.6013 GBP
4,872 11.6034 GBP
15,112 11.6046 GBP
6,680 11.6057 GBP
15,065 11.6060 GBP
17,498 11.6066 GBP
2,275 11.6068 GBP
46,713 11.6072 GBP
360 11.6088 GBP
450 11.6094 GBP
5,750 11.6096 GBP
19,946 11.6150 GBP
7,638 11.6169 GBP
1,242 11.6188 GBP
21,782 11.6194 GBP
1,837 11.6199 GBP
130 11.6200 GBP
10,724 11.6208 GBP
4,853 11.6373 GBP
10,035 11.6423 GBP
2,255 11.6448 GBP
919 11.6510 GBP
366 11.6548 GBP
872 11.6600 GBP
Increase Long 13 11.5985 GBP
329 11.5995 GBP
5,683 11.6006 GBP
68 11.6092 GBP
4,482 11.6103 GBP
691 11.6108 GBP
33,294 11.6128 GBP
Increase Short 7,198 11.5920 GBP
1,085 11.6000 GBP
1,384 11.6001 GBP
760 11.6004 GBP
14,633 11.6005 GBP
2,324 11.6012 GBP
48,182 11.6028 GBP
498 11.6055 GBP
24,750 11.6090 GBP
18,733 11.6096 GBP
12,535 11.6099 GBP
51,681 11.6100 GBP
720 11.6105 GBP
4,910 11.6107 GBP
33,825 11.6121 GBP
4,013 11.6166 GBP
10,153 11.6170 GBP
16,827 11.6179 GBP
622 11.6189 GBP
3,892 11.6212 GBP
2,521 11.6281 GBP
1,155 11.6360 GBP
424 11.6462 GBP
2,621 11.6466 GBP
Opening a long position 10,465 11.6000 GBP
2,933 11.6094 GBP
30,912 11.6111 GBP
242 11.6297 GBP
36 11.6497 GBP
Opening a short position 37,815 11.6000 GBP
6,773 11.6404 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: 04 February 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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