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

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RNS Number : 8856V  JPMorgan Securities Plc  09 March 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:                                                    06 March 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          2,306,289                   12.9001 GBP                           12.8800 GBP
                             Sale              947,851                     12.9000 GBP                           12.8792 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                                                                  86,760                          12.8900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 661                             12.8906 GBP
                                                                                                                                 932                             12.8909 GBP
                                                                                                                                 51,621                          12.8910 GBP
                                                                                                                                 228                             12.8913 GBP
                                                                                                                                 200                             12.8950 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 17,374                          12.8796 GBP
                                                                                                                                 468                             12.8821 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,202                           12.8863 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,384                           12.8875 GBP
                                                                                                                                 48                              12.8887 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,385                           12.8890 GBP
                                                                                                                                 157,689                         12.8891 GBP
                                                                                                                                 40,126                          12.8897 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,650                           12.8899 GBP
                                                                                                                                 149,044                         12.8900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 17,709                          12.8902 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,100                           12.8914 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,931                           12.8916 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,964                           12.8921 GBP
                                                                                                                                 26,154                          12.8936 GBP
                                                                                                                                 35,236                          12.8954 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,649                           12.8962 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  1,925                           12.8792 GBP
                                                                                                                                 38,713                          12.8842 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,438                          12.8857 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,144                           12.8882 GBP
                                                                                                                                 420                             12.8887 GBP
                                                                                                                                 48                              12.8888 GBP
                                                                                                                                 11,000                          12.8891 GBP
                                                                                                                                 21,017                          12.8892 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,128                           12.8896 GBP
                                                                                                                                 510                             12.8898 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,200                          12.8908 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,815                           12.8942 GBP
                                                                                                                                 70                              12.8992 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 429                             12.8800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,646                           12.8896 GBP
                                                                                                                                 65,906                          12.8897 GBP
                                                                                                                                 109,248                         12.8900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 848                             12.8903 GBP
                                                                                                                                 645                             12.8904 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3                               12.8950 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,500,000                       12.8965 GBP
                                                                                                                                 567                             12.8974 GBP
                                                                                                                                 107,186                         12.8989 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,247                           12.9001 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:  09 March 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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