REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc
06/02/2026 11:15
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RNS Number : 0852S JPMorgan Securities Plc 06 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: 05 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 1,546,186 12.4300 GBP 12.3400 GBP
Sale 1,615,788 12.4132 GBP 12.3400 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 5 12.3546 GBP
2,447 12.3584 GBP
476 12.3609 GBP
55 12.3802 GBP
Decrease Short 277 12.3412 GBP
1,551 12.3533 GBP
7,147 12.3541 GBP
73 12.3553 GBP
2,084 12.3565 GBP
148 12.3570 GBP
15,264 12.3586 GBP
2,161 12.3588 GBP
31,438 12.3591 GBP
642 12.3599 GBP
32,235 12.3600 GBP
10,774 12.3612 GBP
4,296 12.3631 GBP
13,653 12.3632 GBP
52,890 12.3633 GBP
41,046 12.3636 GBP
1,420 12.3643 GBP
9,015 12.3644 GBP
846 12.3646 GBP
59,142 12.3650 GBP
12,747 12.3656 GBP
33,220 12.3679 GBP
5,371 12.3693 GBP
1,592 12.3700 GBP
11,495 12.3705 GBP
12,377 12.3720 GBP
1,883 12.3726 GBP
68,375 12.3732 GBP
1,820 12.3735 GBP
22,947 12.3761 GBP
69,432 12.3789 GBP
4,867 12.3794 GBP
184 12.3796 GBP
42 12.3800 GBP
31,510 12.3824 GBP
9,635 12.3825 GBP
3,200 12.3980 GBP
77 12.4039 GBP
Increase Long 1,549 12.3425 GBP
4,892 12.3561 GBP
766 12.3594 GBP
40,230 12.3617 GBP
1,898 12.3631 GBP
800 12.3975 GBP
Increase Short 16,235 12.3530 GBP
4,024 12.3544 GBP
47,212 12.3553 GBP
18,107 12.3589 GBP
68,793 12.3600 GBP
1,656 12.3603 GBP
512 12.3604 GBP
14,404 12.3606 GBP
7,608 12.3610 GBP
7 12.3614 GBP
38,613 12.3618 GBP
3,426 12.3766 GBP
2,803 12.3785 GBP
7,521 12.3828 GBP
4,232 12.3866 GBP
11,804 12.4011 GBP
1,657 12.4235 GBP
11,513 12.4299 GBP
Opening a long position 689 12.3391 GBP
Opening a short position 2,875 12.3609 GBP
263,000 12.3855 GBP
2,221 12.3874 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: 06 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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