REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc
20/03/2026 10:45
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RNS Number : 4999X JPMorgan Securities Plc 20 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: 19 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 5,090,105 12.6700 GBP 12.6500 GBP
Sale 4,262,008 12.6700 GBP 12.6475 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 1,218 12.6506 GBP
45,841 12.6539 GBP
17 12.6570 GBP
454 12.6613 GBP
2,900 12.6662 GBP
Decrease Short 4,327 12.6485 GBP
24 12.6487 GBP
98 12.6489 GBP
29,726 12.6504 GBP
7,455 12.6508 GBP
50,763 12.6537 GBP
5,947 12.6555 GBP
4 12.6587 GBP
252 12.6593 GBP
1,020 12.6596 GBP
5,505 12.6597 GBP
8,432 12.6599 GBP
17,558 12.6600 GBP
8,174 12.6602 GBP
254 12.6615 GBP
925 12.6636 GBP
123 12.6700 GBP
Increase Long 1,100 12.6500 GBP
15,588 12.6558 GBP
915 12.6587 GBP
5,300 12.6591 GBP
Increase Short 30,787 12.6533 GBP
2,137 12.6549 GBP
1,330 12.6565 GBP
64 12.6568 GBP
30,888 12.6572 GBP
35,462 12.6600 GBP
529,034 12.6610 GBP
333,467 12.6673 GBP
1,496 12.6700 GBP
5,940 12.6701 GBP
692 12.6719 GBP
Opening a long position 3,627 12.6475 GBP
5,121 12.6500 GBP
5,144 12.6524 GBP
Opening a short position 541 12.6502 GBP
1,025 12.6603 GBP
3,555 12.6657 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: 20 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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