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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc Amend

28th Jan 2026 15:59

RNS Number : 7848Q
JPMorgan Securities Plc
28 January 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 relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Beazley plc

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

Corporate Broker and Financial Adviser to Beazley Plc

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

26 January 2026

(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

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

894,790

11.7082 GBP

11.3400 GBP

Sale

858,623

11.7000 GBP

11.3700 GBP

 

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

5p ordinary

Equity Swap

Decrease Long

593

11.4005 GBP

16,312

11.4044 GBP

1,302

11.4077 GBP

100

11.4100 GBP

71

11.5287 GBP

 

Decrease Short

1,249

11.3976 GBP

928

11.3977 GBP

324

11.3984 GBP

18,020

11.3992 GBP

6,038

11.3996 GBP

890

11.3998 GBP

78,042

11.4000 GBP

14,236

11.4093 GBP

2,754

11.4114 GBP

2,498

11.4134 GBP

7,743

11.4378 GBP

22,780

11.4408 GBP

103,580

11.4414 GBP

270

11.4542 GBP

1,888

11.4598 GBP

35,004

11.4624 GBP

2,614

11.4717 GBP

974

11.4774 GBP

29,540

11.4830 GBP

325

11.4843 GBP

2,553

11.4904 GBP

16,226

11.4920 GBP

8,408

11.4923 GBP

1,326

11.4947 GBP

13,207

11.5034 GBP

13

11.5107 GBP

6

11.5132 GBP

27,942

11.5528 GBP

517

11.5548 GBP

7,000

11.5657 GBP

7,898

11.5684 GBP

52

11.6050 GBP

14,667

11.6224 GBP

3

11.6848 GBP

769

11.7000 GBP

 

Increase Long

111

11.3992 GBP

17,512

11.4613 GBP

19

11.6757 GBP

 

Increase Short

1,817

11.3400 GBP

672

11.3494 GBP

7

11.3602 GBP

171

11.3650 GBP

39,986

11.4000 GBP

4,022

11.4002 GBP

704

11.4011 GBP

2,390

11.4096 GBP

367

11.4111 GBP

2,343

11.4155 GBP

25,000

11.4168 GBP

174

11.4201 GBP

103

11.4268 GBP

59,555

11.4290 GBP

214

11.4294 GBP

221

11.4317 GBP

110

11.4339 GBP

166

11.4363 GBP

36,718

11.4374 GBP

70,900

11.4375 GBP

1,277

11.4576 GBP

611

11.4659 GBP

1

11.4676 GBP

3,889

11.4968 GBP

114

11.5004 GBP

2,133

11.5533 GBP

10,867

11.5635 GBP

190

11.5692 GBP

1,396

11.5717 GBP

317

11.5731 GBP

4,425

11.5735 GBP

3,289

11.5759 GBP

4,109

11.5765 GBP

42,032

11.5909 GBP

4,000

11.6219 GBP

6,000

11.6235 GBP

5,000

11.6413 GBP

41,695

11.6414 GBP

3,976

11.6591 GBP

5,000

11.6757 GBP

3

11.6852 GBP

4,299

11.6894 GBP

5,000

11.6991 GBP

3,865

11.7075 GBP

3,604

11.7082 GBP

 

Opening a short position

44,000

11.4202 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

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

 

(ii) Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

 

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

28 January 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.

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