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

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RNS Number : 5093V  JPMorgan Securities Plc  05 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:                                                    04 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          1,390,522                   12.9027 GBP                           12.8900 GBP
                             Sale              1,626,715                   12.9050 GBP                           12.8874 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                                                                  8,908                           12.8900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 56,245                          12.8902 GBP
                                                                                                                                 363                             12.8906 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12,193                          12.8908 GBP
                                                                                                                                 829                             12.8909 GBP
                                                                                                                                 229                             12.8913 GBP
                                                                                                                                 39                              12.8955 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,000                           12.8981 GBP
                                                                                                                                 600                             12.9083 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 4,632                           12.8874 GBP
                                                                                                                                 32,709                          12.8896 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,371                           12.8897 GBP
                                                                                                                                 63,833                          12.8899 GBP
                                                                                                                                 573,309                         12.8900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 27,495                          12.8902 GBP
                                                                                                                                 58,009                          12.8908 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1                               12.8965 GBP
                                                                                                                                 32,480                          12.8996 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  80,800                          12.8891 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,890                           12.8892 GBP
                                                                                                                                 43,171                          12.8900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,021                          12.8903 GBP
                                                                                                                                 697                             12.8909 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,363                          12.8910 GBP
                                                                                                                                 23,703                          12.8918 GBP
                                                                                                                                 19,000                          12.8933 GBP
                                                                                                                                 38,896                          12.8965 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,206                           12.8987 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,451                           12.9021 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 389,588                         12.8900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,701                           12.8904 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,319                           12.8910 GBP
                                                                                                                                 25,427                          12.8912 GBP
                                                                                                                                 318                             12.8913 GBP
                                                                                                                                 57,973                          12.8926 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,465                           12.8998 GBP
                                                                                                                                 70                              12.8999 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,128                           12.9009 GBP
                                                                                                                                 57,941                          12.9026 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,597                           12.9036 GBP
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       14,814                          12.8965 GBP
                                                                                                                                 174,268                         12.8977 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:  05 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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