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RNS Number : 4760G  JPMorgan Securities Plc  01 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:                                                    29 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          329,036                     12.8175 GBP                           12.8100 GBP
                             Sale              362,178                     12.8159 GBP                           12.8091 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                                                                  306                             12.8106 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 97                              12.8080 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,138                           12.8087 GBP
                                                                                                                                 37                              12.8096 GBP
                                                                                                                                 768                             12.8097 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12,093                          12.8098 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,288                           12.8099 GBP
                                                                                                                                 132,906                         12.8100 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,300                           12.8106 GBP
                                                                                                                                 28,949                          12.8109 GBP
                                                                                                                                 35,457                          12.8113 GBP
                                                                                                                                 28,000                          12.8114 GBP
                                                                                                                                 18,702                          12.8118 GBP
                                                                                                                                 292                             12.8121 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,926                           12.8123 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,156                           12.8139 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,445                           12.8141 GBP
                                                                                                                                 735                             12.8149 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,753                           12.8153 GBP
                                                                                                                                 890                             12.8159 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  1,170                           12.8091 GBP
                                                                                                                                 20,725                          12.8093 GBP
                                                                                                                                 17                              12.8138 GBP
                                                                                                                                 830                             12.8141 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 310                             12.8079 GBP
                                                                                                                                 146,811                         12.8100 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,668                           12.8101 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,223                           12.8113 GBP
                                                                                                                                 392                             12.8119 GBP
                                                                                                                                 58,048                          12.8123 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12,358                          12.8128 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,940                           12.8160 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12,624                          12.8195 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:  01 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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