REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc
20/02/2026 09:15
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RNS Number : 8397T JPMorgan Securities Plc 20 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: 19 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 2,049,761 12.3780 GBP 12.1700 GBP
Sale 1,751,157 12.3800 GBP 12.1700 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 1 12.2006 GBP
1,629 12.2261 GBP
4,599 12.2531 GBP
25,368 12.2961 GBP
Decrease Short 9 12.1748 GBP
340 12.1988 GBP
72 12.1996 GBP
12,280 12.2000 GBP
14,655 12.2010 GBP
11,085 12.2029 GBP
1,362 12.2069 GBP
60 12.2081 GBP
4,977 12.2146 GBP
5,213 12.2153 GBP
3,784 12.2305 GBP
1,119 12.2343 GBP
4,719 12.2431 GBP
15,021 12.2455 GBP
24,040 12.2470 GBP
10,500 12.2557 GBP
60,000 12.2565 GBP
1,882 12.2633 GBP
16,239 12.2666 GBP
1,095 12.2685 GBP
3,257 12.2935 GBP
7,637 12.2965 GBP
24 12.3052 GBP
5,962 12.3174 GBP
6 12.3198 GBP
3,156 12.3659 GBP
20,000 12.3713 GBP
8,000 12.3763 GBP
2,600 12.3791 GBP
Increase Long 314 12.1995 GBP
17,882 12.2024 GBP
183 12.2188 GBP
100 12.2700 GBP
37 12.2940 GBP
Increase Short 299 12.1704 GBP
9 12.1752 GBP
1,012 12.1994 GBP
614 12.2000 GBP
5,152 12.2002 GBP
23,103 12.2003 GBP
7,289 12.2006 GBP
386,548 12.2085 GBP
3,917 12.2086 GBP
4,887 12.2222 GBP
22,946 12.2766 GBP
880 12.2808 GBP
91,000 12.2873 GBP
6 12.3203 GBP
3 12.3333 GBP
Opening a long position 600 12.2306 GBP
36,359 12.2390 GBP
3,003 12.2449 GBP
1,695 12.2663 GBP
Opening a short position 2,301 12.2000 GBP
1,278 12.2682 GBP
1,719 12.3151 GBP
15,175 12.3190 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: 20 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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