REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc
05/02/2026 11:45
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RNS Number : 9145R JPMorgan Securities Plc 05 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: 04 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 6,266,633 12.7076 GBP 12.4000 GBP
Sale 6,132,933 12.6937 GBP 12.3975 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 799 12.4006 GBP
5,988 12.4092 GBP
1,863 12.4451 GBP
5,051 12.4886 GBP
38 12.4906 GBP
183 12.5846 GBP
34,325 12.6191 GBP
Decrease Short 1,433 12.3988 GBP
3,402 12.4000 GBP
2,825 12.4189 GBP
3,677 12.4191 GBP
307 12.4393 GBP
133 12.4485 GBP
4,232 12.4498 GBP
117 12.4500 GBP
38,615 12.4527 GBP
26,600 12.4529 GBP
16,623 12.4544 GBP
211 12.4588 GBP
3,839 12.4621 GBP
262,910 12.4652 GBP
15,709 12.4777 GBP
17,209 12.4815 GBP
900 12.4915 GBP
639 12.4979 GBP
685 12.4980 GBP
294 12.4981 GBP
18,646 12.5161 GBP
130 12.5164 GBP
255,503 12.5612 GBP
40,290 12.5640 GBP
396 12.5664 GBP
6,948 12.5681 GBP
5,100 12.5691 GBP
2,364 12.5735 GBP
696 12.5747 GBP
1,851 12.5792 GBP
72,682 12.5836 GBP
2,594 12.5837 GBP
134,139 12.5862 GBP
94,007 12.5866 GBP
6,109 12.5878 GBP
33,091 12.5912 GBP
124 12.5948 GBP
539 12.5959 GBP
1,638 12.5986 GBP
12,540 12.6010 GBP
925,000 12.6039 GBP
13,745 12.6072 GBP
40,427 12.6085 GBP
197 12.6100 GBP
8,314 12.6200 GBP
83,449 12.6251 GBP
3,636 12.6330 GBP
44,000 12.6374 GBP
25,054 12.6381 GBP
3,445 12.6400 GBP
86,847 12.6412 GBP
1,479 12.6500 GBP
380,000 12.6937 GBP
Increase Long 3,331 12.3975 GBP
1,873 12.4751 GBP
1,970 12.4770 GBP
2,800 12.6025 GBP
Increase Short 50,000 12.4009 GBP
120,000 12.4012 GBP
13,807 12.4126 GBP
43,697 12.4207 GBP
236,712 12.4411 GBP
83,214 12.4533 GBP
50,000 12.4679 GBP
827 12.4695 GBP
9,147 12.4753 GBP
500,000 12.4762 GBP
14,000 12.4825 GBP
14,424 12.4838 GBP
100,000 12.4848 GBP
10,534 12.4895 GBP
22,014 12.4925 GBP
237,831 12.5009 GBP
50,000 12.5063 GBP
3,168 12.5188 GBP
10,248 12.5215 GBP
2,444 12.5309 GBP
17,335 12.5924 GBP
124 12.5953 GBP
630,627 12.5978 GBP
3,512 12.5981 GBP
8,135 12.6011 GBP
11,501 12.6018 GBP
2,510 12.6025 GBP
68,184 12.6063 GBP
627 12.6093 GBP
32,552 12.6100 GBP
73,866 12.6163 GBP
105 12.6210 GBP
28,840 12.6216 GBP
136 12.6300 GBP
86,847 12.6589 GBP
50,000 12.7076 GBP
Opening a long position 2,465 12.4747 GBP
12,586 12.5794 GBP
15,288 12.5817 GBP
57,863 12.5959 GBP
13,545 12.5967 GBP
22,768 12.5990 GBP
Opening a short position 60,617 12.4000 GBP
27,471 12.5579 GBP
12,709 12.5997 GBP
24,989 12.6164 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: 05 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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