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RNS Number : 7898A  JPMorgan Securities Plc  16 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:                                                    15 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          549,460                     12.7426 GBP                           12.7325 GBP
                             Sale              424,985                     12.7400 GBP                           12.7300 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                                                                  19                              12.7356 GBP
                                                                                                                                 168                             12.7360 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,307                           12.7363 GBP
                                                                                                                                 24,916                          12.7371 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 849                             12.7344 GBP
                                                                                                                                 28,160                          12.7349 GBP
                                                                                                                                 79,251                          12.7350 GBP
                                                                                                                                 20,495                          12.7351 GBP
                                                                                                                                 76                              12.7354 GBP
                                                                                                                                 166                             12.7367 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,795                           12.7370 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,853                           12.7371 GBP
                                                                                                                                 100                             12.7374 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,088                           12.7390 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,464                           12.7396 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  16,700                          12.7341 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 74,149                          12.7350 GBP
                                                                                                                                 625                             12.7354 GBP
                                                                                                                                 136                             12.7355 GBP
                                                                                                                                 292                             12.7356 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,645                           12.7357 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,222                           12.7363 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,322                           12.7364 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,192                           12.7367 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,502                           12.7387 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,200                           12.7396 GBP
                                                                                                                                 65,858                          12.7398 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,238                           12.7399 GBP
                                                                                                                                 277                             12.7400 GBP
                                                                                                                                 13,632                          12.7401 GBP
                                                                                                                                 22,085                          12.7402 GBP
                                                                                                                                 127                             12.7404 GBP
                                                                                                                                 616                             12.7419 GBP
                                                                                                                                 61                              12.7420 GBP
                                                                                                                                 137,466                         12.7426 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 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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