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

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RNS Number : 3391X  JPMorgan Securities Plc  19 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:                                                    18 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          824,958                     12.9213 GBP                           12.8900 GBP
                             Sale              849,597                     12.9200 GBP                           12.8900 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                                                                  882                             12.9013 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,300                           12.9077 GBP
                                                                                                                                 45                              12.9145 GBP
                                                                                                                                 19,168                          12.9151 GBP
                                                                                                                                 139                             12.9156 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,599                           12.9200 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2                               12.9206 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 123                             12.8900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,802                           12.8999 GBP
                                                                                                                                 24,355                          12.9000 GBP
                                                                                                                                 25,000                          12.9035 GBP
                                                                                                                                 29                              12.9045 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,815                           12.9046 GBP
                                                                                                                                 845                             12.9053 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,293                           12.9063 GBP
                                                                                                                                 640                             12.9096 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,006                           12.9100 GBP
                                                                                                                                 63,878                          12.9136 GBP
                                                                                                                                 16,224                          12.9161 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,900                           12.9174 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,491                          12.9181 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,341                          12.9186 GBP
                                                                                                                                 44,136                          12.9188 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,309                           12.9196 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,494                           12.9197 GBP
                                                                                                                                 552                             12.9200 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  37                              12.8986 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,266                           12.8987 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,400                           12.8991 GBP
                                                                                                                                 916                             12.9194 GBP
                                                                                                                                 780                             12.9200 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 89                              12.8944 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,969                           12.8994 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,186                           12.8999 GBP
                                                                                                                                 35,951                          12.9000 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,762                           12.9001 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,295                           12.9004 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,540                           12.9013 GBP
                                                                                                                                 29,329                          12.9025 GBP
                                                                                                                                 35,644                          12.9036 GBP
                                                                                                                                 315                             12.9041 GBP
                                                                                                                                 192                             12.9056 GBP
                                                                                                                                 16,697                          12.9061 GBP
                                                                                                                                 109,307                         12.9065 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12,165                          12.9102 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,156                          12.9104 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,083                           12.9112 GBP
                                                                                                                                 260,233                         12.9140 GBP
                                                                                                                                 591                             12.9200 GBP
                                                                                                                                 28,511                          12.9203 GBP
                                                                                                                                 50                              12.9213 GBP
                                                  Opening a long position                                                        12,279                          12.9200 GBP
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       606                             12.8902 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,588                           12.9025 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,085                          12.9087 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:  19 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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