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

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RNS Number : 6941V  JPMorgan Securities Plc  06 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:                                                    05 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          1,213,576                   12.9004 GBP                           12.8700 GBP
                             Sale              890,378                     12.9000 GBP                           12.8700 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                                                                  19,966                          12.8800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 63,552                          12.8802 GBP
                                                                                                                                 25,461                          12.8806 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,883                           12.8807 GBP
                                                                                                                                 33,677                          12.8815 GBP
                                                                                                                                 79,804                          12.8851 GBP
                                                                                                                                 745                             12.8859 GBP
                                                                                                                                 117,655                         12.8889 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,053                           12.8892 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,345                           12.8894 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,784                           12.8898 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,571                           12.8900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,000                           12.8907 GBP
                                                                                                                                 400                             12.9000 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 1,844                           12.8787 GBP
                                                                                                                                 577                             12.8797 GBP
                                                                                                                                 124                             12.8798 GBP
                                                                                                                                 22,742                          12.8801 GBP
                                                                                                                                 807                             12.8804 GBP
                                                                                                                                 174,185                         12.8805 GBP
                                                                                                                                 13,500                          12.8808 GBP
                                                                                                                                 55,651                          12.8814 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,284                           12.8822 GBP
                                                                                                                                 538                             12.8896 GBP
                                                                                                                                 292                             12.8899 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,263                           12.8908 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  40,900                          12.8791 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,055                           12.8794 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,091                           12.8800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,218                           12.8805 GBP
                                                                                                                                 38,325                          12.8872 GBP
                                                                                                                                 21,408                          12.8900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,334                           12.8901 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,026                           12.8921 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,110                           12.8972 GBP
                                                                                                                                 128                             12.9000 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 177,294                         12.8800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,246                           12.8883 GBP
                                                                                                                                 18,187                          12.8897 GBP
                                                                                                                                 78,500                          12.8906 GBP
                                                                                                                                 116,224                         12.8911 GBP
                                                                                                                                 904                             12.8950 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,700                           12.9004 GBP
                                                  Opening a long position                                                        54,306                          12.8781 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,803                           12.8797 GBP
                                                                                                                                 38,011                          12.8800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 669                             12.8817 GBP
                                                                                                                                 59,241                          12.8842 GBP
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       117,019                         12.8800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,384                           12.8969 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:  06 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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