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

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RNS Number : 6064W  JPMorgan Securities Plc  13 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:                                                    12 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          3,752,804                   12.9000 GBP                           12.8700 GBP
                             Sale              2,795,585                   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                                                                  6,181                           12.8776 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,946                           12.8800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 73,189                          12.8806 GBP
                                                                                                                                 19,170                          12.8807 GBP
                                                                                                                                 254                             12.8905 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,400                           12.8908 GBP
                                                                                                                                 421                             12.8913 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 26,028                          12.8696 GBP
                                                                                                                                 36,488                          12.8700 GBP
                                                                                                                                 596                             12.8774 GBP
                                                                                                                                 128                             12.8796 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,090                           12.8797 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12,647                          12.8802 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,623                           12.8804 GBP
                                                                                                                                 598                             12.8853 GBP
                                                                                                                                 15,754                          12.8877 GBP
                                                                                                                                 311                             12.8899 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  4,300                           12.8791 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,302                           12.8796 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,778                           12.8800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,800                           12.8805 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,026                          12.8815 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,397                          12.8816 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10                              12.8885 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,234                           12.8888 GBP
                                                                                                                                 870                             12.8900 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 64,691                          12.8700 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,432                           12.8777 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1                               12.8788 GBP
                                                                                                                                 982                             12.8813 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,745                           12.8823 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,000                           12.8828 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,448                           12.8840 GBP
                                                                                                                                 121                             12.8904 GBP
                                                  Opening a long position                                                        5,980                           12.8800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,290                           12.8840 GBP
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       1,304                           12.8826 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,851                           12.8973 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,115                           12.9002 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:  13 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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