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

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RNS Number : 2763Z  JPMorgan Securities Plc  02 April 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:                                                    01 April 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          553,589                     12.7006 GBP                           12.6700 GBP
                             Sale              773,715                     12.7000 GBP                           12.6696 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                                                                  628                             12.6701 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,593                           12.6794 GBP
                                                                                                                                 29                              12.6834 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,670                           12.6869 GBP
                                                                                                                                 91,423                          12.6884 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,300                           12.6896 GBP
                                                                                                                                 19,290                          12.6897 GBP
                                                                                                                                 65                              12.6900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 58                              12.6906 GBP
                                                                                                                                 180                             12.6913 GBP
                                                                                                                                 80                              12.6918 GBP
                                                                                                                                 97                              12.6930 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,835                           12.6934 GBP
                                                                                                                                 28,992                          12.6976 GBP
                                                                                                                                 506                             12.6994 GBP
                                                                                                                                 51                              12.7000 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,138                           12.7004 GBP
                                                                                                                                 17                              12.7006 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,893                           12.7013 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,415                           12.7025 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 26,705                          12.6696 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,138                           12.6716 GBP
                                                                                                                                 300,000                         12.6787 GBP
                                                                                                                                 94                              12.6847 GBP
                                                                                                                                 74                              12.6848 GBP
                                                                                                                                 323                             12.6896 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,338                           12.6906 GBP
                                                                                                                                 23,670                          12.6984 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  200                             12.6700 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,720                           12.6728 GBP
                                                                                                                                 28                              12.6800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,286                           12.6856 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12                              12.6883 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1                               12.6900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,920                           12.6971 GBP
                                                                                                                                 71,323                          12.7000 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 146                             12.6704 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6                               12.6804 GBP
                                                                                                                                 711                             12.6819 GBP
                                                                                                                                 16,862                          12.6914 GBP
                                                                                                                                 30,959                          12.7000 GBP
                                                  Opening a long position                                                        4,298                           12.7000 GBP
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       2,187                           12.6762 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,907                           12.6851 GBP
                                                                                                                                 204                             12.6866 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:  02 April 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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