REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc
09/02/2026 10:30
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RNS Number : 2496S JPMorgan Securities Plc 09 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: 06 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 1,551,950 12.4800 GBP 12.3200 GBP
Sale 705,827 12.4907 GBP 12.3200 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 162,973 12.3600 GBP
3,550 12.3606 GBP
19,954 12.3619 GBP
6,579 12.3678 GBP
108 12.4002 GBP
252 12.4256 GBP
Decrease Short 85 12.3348 GBP
5,193 12.3600 GBP
5,175 12.3612 GBP
88 12.3620 GBP
23,901 12.3651 GBP
2,983 12.3669 GBP
9,309 12.3708 GBP
12,307 12.3717 GBP
6,148 12.3764 GBP
44,810 12.3765 GBP
3,417 12.3770 GBP
374 12.3776 GBP
1,494 12.3800 GBP
23,520 12.3810 GBP
74 12.3905 GBP
3,797 12.3930 GBP
53 12.3998 GBP
20,644 12.4045 GBP
73 12.4048 GBP
6,016 12.4128 GBP
444 12.4133 GBP
995 12.4158 GBP
5,074 12.4368 GBP
126 12.4514 GBP
557 12.4515 GBP
6,700 12.4821 GBP
5,356 12.4907 GBP
Increase Long 11,790 12.3590 GBP
697 12.3594 GBP
131,368 12.3600 GBP
15,020 12.3788 GBP
24 12.3884 GBP
10,941 12.3896 GBP
4,103 12.3910 GBP
2,946 12.4190 GBP
Increase Short 88 12.3376 GBP
332,278 12.3600 GBP
43,048 12.3602 GBP
426 12.3612 GBP
20,140 12.3631 GBP
14,186 12.3632 GBP
24,288 12.3662 GBP
191,790 12.3687 GBP
4,052 12.3720 GBP
430 12.3747 GBP
186,625 12.3753 GBP
5,921 12.3797 GBP
19,348 12.3807 GBP
67 12.3812 GBP
158 12.3814 GBP
10,414 12.3878 GBP
5,000 12.3954 GBP
29,877 12.3959 GBP
4,553 12.4025 GBP
7,588 12.4134 GBP
8,703 12.4225 GBP
5,513 12.4264 GBP
50,000 12.4350 GBP
43,929 12.4545 GBP
2,756 12.4547 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: 09 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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