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

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RNS Number : 2621G  JPMorgan Securities Plc  29 May 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:                                                    28 May 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          207,034                     12.8126 GBP                           12.8000 GBP
                             Sale              192,272                     12.8100 GBP                           12.8043 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                                                                  46                              12.8106 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 246                             12.8037 GBP
                                                                                                                                 11,681                          12.8043 GBP
                                                                                                                                 23,167                          12.8049 GBP
                                                                                                                                 13,316                          12.8050 GBP
                                                                                                                                 909                             12.8053 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,107                           12.8057 GBP
                                                                                                                                 197                             12.8072 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,796                           12.8075 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,762                           12.8082 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,636                           12.8087 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,312                           12.8092 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,252                           12.8094 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,519                           12.8096 GBP
                                                                                                                                 227                             12.8098 GBP
                                                                                                                                 360                             12.8099 GBP
                                                                                                                                 45,775                          12.8100 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  24                              12.8088 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,774                          12.8089 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 779                             12.8050 GBP
                                                                                                                                 138                             12.8054 GBP
                                                                                                                                 431                             12.8084 GBP
                                                                                                                                 513                             12.8095 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,307                           12.8097 GBP
                                                                                                                                 146,857                         12.8100 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,296                           12.8103 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,828                           12.8109 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12,341                          12.8110 GBP
                                                                                                                                 267                             12.8113 GBP
                                                                                                                                 19                              12.8126 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:  29 May 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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