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RNS Number : 7990W  JPMorgan Securities Plc  16 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:                                                    13 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          558,090                     12.8813 GBP                           12.8700 GBP
                             Sale              234,165                     12.8800 GBP                           12.8660 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                                                                  552                             12.8700 GBP
                                                                                                                                 24,587                          12.8735 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,165                           12.8791 GBP
                                                                                                                                 28                              12.8793 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,105                           12.8798 GBP
                                                                                                                                 23,008                          12.8800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12,973                          12.8806 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 13,938                          12.8660 GBP
                                                                                                                                 482                             12.8696 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,048                           12.8720 GBP
                                                                                                                                 347                             12.8740 GBP
                                                                                                                                 980                             12.8753 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,555                           12.8765 GBP
                                                                                                                                 32                              12.8766 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4                               12.8775 GBP
                                                                                                                                 160                             12.8796 GBP
                                                                                                                                 100                             12.8799 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  15                              12.8700 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,904                           12.8757 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,887                           12.8786 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,998                           12.8788 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,900                           12.8791 GBP
                                                                                                                                 742                             12.8794 GBP
                                                                                                                                 939                             12.8799 GBP
                                                                                                                                 11,619                          12.8800 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 1,856                           12.8708 GBP
                                                                                                                                 193                             12.8779 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,000                           12.8781 GBP
                                                                                                                                 91,748                          12.8787 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,427                           12.8791 GBP
                                                                                                                                 68,822                          12.8800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 17,454                          12.8801 GBP
                                                                                                                                 27,118                          12.8803 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,375                           12.8813 GBP
                                                  Opening a long position                                                        12,186                          12.8800 GBP
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       6,781                           12.8758 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,153                           12.8792 GBP
                                                                                                                                 222,400                         12.8797 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,252                           12.8802 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:  16 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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