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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