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RNS Number : 4323W  JPMorgan Securities Plc  12 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:                                                    11 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          1,795,732                   12.8906 GBP                           12.8700 GBP
                             Sale              1,635,736                   12.8900 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                                                                  484                             12.8776 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,848                           12.8800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,891                           12.8825 GBP
                                                                                                                                 70,055                          12.8895 GBP
                                                                                                                                 357                             12.8900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 827                             12.8906 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12,336                          12.8909 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,344                           12.8911 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 47                              12.8698 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,458                           12.8705 GBP
                                                                                                                                 710                             12.8796 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,780                           12.8799 GBP
                                                                                                                                 15,437                          12.8871 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,700                           12.8874 GBP
                                                                                                                                 92,706                          12.8900 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  3,600                           12.8728 GBP
                                                                                                                                 32,767                          12.8787 GBP
                                                                                                                                 24                              12.8788 GBP
                                                                                                                                 24,310                          12.8791 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,316                           12.8800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,372                           12.8801 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,424                           12.8818 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,946                           12.8831 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,131                           12.8878 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,919                          12.8880 GBP
                                                                                                                                 967                             12.8887 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,790                           12.8891 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,909                           12.8900 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 14,950                          12.8760 GBP
                                                                                                                                 21,282                          12.8777 GBP
                                                                                                                                 34                              12.8800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,568                           12.8804 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,592                           12.8850 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,852                           12.8864 GBP
                                                                                                                                 64,920                          12.8900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 34,272                          12.8903 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:  12 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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