REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc Amend
26/02/2026 18:00
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RNS Number : 6070U JPMorgan Securities Plc 26 February 2026
AMENDMENT
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: 24 February 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 1,198,294 12.2806 GBP 12.1873 GBP
Sale 954,141 12.2800 GBP 12.1900 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 100 12.2200 GBP
72,117 12.2435 GBP
11,136 12.2438 GBP
1,873 12.2512 GBP
2,411 12.2572 GBP
415 12.2806 GBP
Decrease Short 15,185 12.1991 GBP
17,158 12.2069 GBP
688 12.2086 GBP
911 12.2100 GBP
1,694 12.2136 GBP
1,062 12.2150 GBP
701 12.2176 GBP
6,190 12.2182 GBP
2,730 12.2267 GBP
11,230 12.2300 GBP
22,526 12.2308 GBP
3,850 12.2361 GBP
34,430 12.2399 GBP
864 12.2474 GBP
13,250 12.2480 GBP
4,636 12.2490 GBP
2 12.2525 GBP
2,046 12.2537 GBP
142 12.2540 GBP
34 12.2580 GBP
74 12.2600 GBP
906 12.2718 GBP
6,936 12.2746 GBP
2,060 12.2763 GBP
691 12.2788 GBP
2,933 12.2800 GBP
Increase Long 4,300 12.2020 GBP
18,300 12.2296 GBP
13 12.2385 GBP
26,251 12.2750 GBP
Increase Short 1,899 12.1873 GBP
4,217 12.2216 GBP
13,523 12.2236 GBP
24,983 12.2272 GBP
24,983 12.2333 GBP
3,883 12.2348 GBP
40 12.2400 GBP
2,930 12.2448 GBP
10,000 12.2494 GBP
34 12.2585 GBP
46,600 12.2612 GBP
7 12.2643 GBP
236,451 12.2800 GBP
280 12.2802 GBP
Opening a long position 12,444 12.2264 GBP
1,626 12.2394 GBP
2,354 12.2539 GBP
Opening a short position 348 12.2104 GBP
8,919 12.2153 GBP
7,157 12.2800 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: 26 February 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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