REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc
23/02/2026 10:15
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RNS Number : 0202U JPMorgan Securities Plc 23 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: 20 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 1,006,179 12.2700 GBP 12.1600 GBP
Sale 694,134 12.2650 GBP 12.1600 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 29 12.1906 GBP
55,185 12.2059 GBP
6,773 12.2134 GBP
973 12.2165 GBP
391 12.2219 GBP
8,817 12.2220 GBP
800 12.2500 GBP
732 12.2625 GBP
Decrease Short 186,587 12.1900 GBP
675 12.1910 GBP
4,846 12.1940 GBP
10,916 12.1942 GBP
510 12.2014 GBP
13,624 12.2030 GBP
732 12.2050 GBP
800 12.2091 GBP
185 12.2101 GBP
387 12.2128 GBP
871 12.2164 GBP
983 12.2260 GBP
28,586 12.2273 GBP
438 12.2300 GBP
7,136 12.2346 GBP
1,922 12.2433 GBP
Increase Long 17,992 12.1900 GBP
3,083 12.1931 GBP
3,100 12.2115 GBP
12,400 12.2191 GBP
40 12.2198 GBP
16,009 12.2367 GBP
Increase Short 6,032 12.1900 GBP
1,024 12.1902 GBP
20,055 12.1903 GBP
65,972 12.1907 GBP
362 12.1912 GBP
16,048 12.1914 GBP
8,922 12.1933 GBP
91,000 12.1991 GBP
45,109 12.1993 GBP
171 12.2102 GBP
3,377 12.2121 GBP
14 12.2142 GBP
68,919 12.2174 GBP
526 12.2200 GBP
99 12.2212 GBP
1,928 12.2249 GBP
299,200 12.2261 GBP
1 12.2300 GBP
9,054 12.2337 GBP
904 12.2356 GBP
1,747 12.2367 GBP
Opening a long position 14,619 12.2094 GBP
21,778 12.2114 GBP
1,954 12.2340 GBP
Opening a short position 35,363 12.1900 GBP
2,620 12.2301 GBP
368 12.2304 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: 23 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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