REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc
24/02/2026 10:45
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RNS Number : 1957U JPMorgan Securities Plc 24 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: 23 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 1,685,156 12.2500 GBP 12.1700 GBP
Sale 628,859 12.2500 GBP 12.1691 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 12.1706 GBP
3,684 12.1973 GBP
24,077 12.1988 GBP
370 12.1989 GBP
1,400 12.2221 GBP
Decrease Short 483 12.1688 GBP
6,705 12.1700 GBP
7,011 12.1775 GBP
63 12.1790 GBP
100 12.1794 GBP
6,325 12.1863 GBP
18,297 12.1883 GBP
535 12.1924 GBP
1,470 12.1936 GBP
5,308 12.1977 GBP
15,156 12.2076 GBP
1,024 12.2151 GBP
27,744 12.2165 GBP
2,943 12.2228 GBP
3,070 12.2290 GBP
Increase Long 16 12.1691 GBP
17 12.1694 GBP
962 12.1695 GBP
8,328 12.1723 GBP
16,983 12.1996 GBP
3,400 12.2191 GBP
Increase Short 51,971 12.1700 GBP
910 12.1702 GBP
35,000 12.1706 GBP
8,269 12.1720 GBP
32,287 12.1778 GBP
6 12.1800 GBP
62 12.1815 GBP
134 12.1900 GBP
125,000 12.1912 GBP
125,000 12.1927 GBP
1,014 12.1964 GBP
7,437 12.1968 GBP
7,437 12.1980 GBP
50,000 12.2006 GBP
185,360 12.2022 GBP
7,857 12.2036 GBP
6,250 12.2073 GBP
473,013 12.2085 GBP
84 12.2115 GBP
6,247 12.2129 GBP
1,068 12.2188 GBP
7,298 12.2194 GBP
6,871 12.2297 GBP
Opening a long position 2,086 12.1700 GBP
1,694 12.1968 GBP
Opening a short position 3,029 12.1700 GBP
306 12.1804 GBP
445 12.2104 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: 24 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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