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REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc

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RNS Number : 3268V  JPMorgan Securities Plc  04 March 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:                                                    03 March 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          4,152,317                   12.9204 GBP                           12.9000 GBP
                             Sale              3,923,384                   12.9200 GBP                           12.8973 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                                                                  333                             12.9006 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,861                           12.9034 GBP
                                                                                                                                 61                              12.9051 GBP
                                                                                                                                 46                              12.9056 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,339                           12.9084 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 62,500                          12.8973 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,299                           12.8987 GBP
                                                                                                                                 51,755                          12.8994 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,095                           12.8996 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,445                           12.8997 GBP
                                                                                                                                 676                             12.8998 GBP
                                                                                                                                 140,247                         12.9000 GBP
                                                                                                                                 58,705                          12.9001 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,723                           12.9002 GBP
                                                                                                                                 39,704                          12.9003 GBP
                                                                                                                                 237                             12.9005 GBP
                                                                                                                                 872,941                         12.9006 GBP
                                                                                                                                 38,486                          12.9008 GBP
                                                                                                                                 28,548                          12.9012 GBP
                                                                                                                                 170,899                         12.9013 GBP
                                                                                                                                 217,876                         12.9030 GBP
                                                                                                                                 40,504                          12.9043 GBP
                                                                                                                                 16,685                          12.9046 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,574                           12.9047 GBP
                                                                                                                                 58,076                          12.9049 GBP
                                                                                                                                 42,886                          12.9050 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,467                           12.9075 GBP
                                                                                                                                 87                              12.9099 GBP
                                                                                                                                 31,799                          12.9100 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,982                           12.9155 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  56,100                          12.8991 GBP
                                                                                                                                 68,029                          12.8992 GBP
                                                                                                                                 309                             12.8994 GBP
                                                                                                                                 11,300                          12.9008 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,441                           12.9087 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 515,476                         12.9000 GBP
                                                                                                                                 377                             12.9003 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,335                           12.9005 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,752                           12.9017 GBP
                                                                                                                                 32,117                          12.9022 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,958                           12.9023 GBP
                                                                                                                                 21,124                          12.9026 GBP
                                                                                                                                 74,563                          12.9036 GBP
                                                                                                                                 447                             12.9048 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,574                           12.9053 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,345                           12.9060 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,299,131                       12.9090 GBP
                                                                                                                                 116,308                         12.9121 GBP
                                                                                                                                 633                             12.9200 GBP
                                                  Opening a long position                                                        33,776                          12.9022 GBP
                                                                                                                                 13,504                          12.9093 GBP
                                                                                                                                 473                             12.9096 GBP
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       295,106                         12.9000 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,912                           12.9004 GBP
                                                                                                                                 19,323                          12.9032 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,792                           12.9157 GBP
                                                                                                                                 17,332                          12.9204 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:  04 March 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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