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RNS Number : 6655G  JPMorgan Securities Plc  02 June 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 June 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          2,154,003                   12.8200 GBP                           12.8100 GBP
                             Sale              266,595                     12.8200 GBP                           12.8100 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                                                                  12,430                          12.8114 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,195                           12.8136 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 368                             12.8081 GBP
                                                                                                                                 33,850                          12.8100 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,731                           12.8120 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,881                           12.8122 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,829                           12.8123 GBP
                                                                                                                                 20,680                          12.8125 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,517                           12.8132 GBP
                                                                                                                                 300                             12.8133 GBP
                                                                                                                                 27,194                          12.8136 GBP
                                                                                                                                 966                             12.8142 GBP
                                                                                                                                 42                              12.8150 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,714                           12.8158 GBP
                                                                                                                                 500                             12.8159 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  7                               12.8094 GBP
                                                                                                                                 16,300                          12.8109 GBP
                                                                                                                                 99                              12.8120 GBP
                                                                                                                                 800                             12.8141 GBP
                                                                                                                                 26                              12.8188 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1                               12.8200 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 1,373,269                       12.8100 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,626                           12.8107 GBP
                                                                                                                                 11,624                          12.8113 GBP
                                                                                                                                 22,716                          12.8128 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,570                           12.8132 GBP
                                                                                                                                 11,161                          12.8137 GBP
                                                                                                                                 16,968                          12.8150 GBP
                                                                                                                                 19,512                          12.8151 GBP
                                                                                                                                 287                             12.8155 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,400                           12.8160 GBP
                                                                                                                                 74                              12.8177 GBP
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       500,000                         12.8163 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 June 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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