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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- Beazley plc Amend

27th Jan 2026 16:45

RNS Number : 6075Q
JPMorgan Securities Plc
27 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:

23 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

2,057,620

11.5730 GBP

11.0822 GBP

Sale

2,147,676

11.5678 GBP

11.0800 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

171

11.2005 GBP

14,835

11.2323 GBP

1,959

11.3634 GBP

131

11.4114 GBP

1

11.5205 GBP

 

Decrease Short

2,982

11.1640 GBP

7,800

11.1792 GBP

163

11.1998 GBP

11

11.2000 GBP

17,150

11.2159 GBP

24,272

11.2188 GBP

389

11.2289 GBP

894

11.2775 GBP

10,227

11.2789 GBP

1,187

11.2796 GBP

5,627

11.2891 GBP

19,800

11.2939 GBP

91,892

11.3029 GBP

36,135

11.3144 GBP

31,800

11.3384 GBP

59,187

11.3536 GBP

32,000

11.3549 GBP

17,777

11.3642 GBP

89,720

11.3677 GBP

10,600

11.3689 GBP

18,000

11.3753 GBP

2,923

11.3754 GBP

104,700

11.3849 GBP

1,142

11.3889 GBP

52,761

11.3978 GBP

25,000

11.3991 GBP

21

11.3998 GBP

1,070

11.4000 GBP

25,000

11.4002 GBP

10,171

11.4112 GBP

65,680

11.4124 GBP

15,081

11.4186 GBP

6,187

11.4377 GBP

905

11.4380 GBP

48,426

11.4410 GBP

19,383

11.4420 GBP

27

11.4467 GBP

2,908

11.4490 GBP

23,553

11.4538 GBP

31,529

11.4787 GBP

25,000

11.4992 GBP

5,139

11.4999 GBP

21,344

11.5050 GBP

32,751

11.5053 GBP

7,658

11.5109 GBP

25,956

11.5135 GBP

2,324

11.5146 GBP

20,009

11.5174 GBP

11,321

11.5200 GBP

3,063

11.5233 GBP

6,935

11.5264 GBP

5,463

11.5288 GBP

1,117

11.5564 GBP

 

Increase Long

17

11.2688 GBP

129

11.3849 GBP

14,986

11.3850 GBP

2,700

11.4719 GBP

647

11.5177 GBP

78

11.5195 GBP

1,179

11.5200 GBP

39,186

11.5226 GBP

444

11.5493 GBP

 

Increase Short

10,000

11.0822 GBP

617

11.1643 GBP

10,600

11.1763 GBP

50,000

11.2010 GBP

532

11.2070 GBP

23,755

11.2099 GBP

71,765

11.2107 GBP

25

11.2188 GBP

1,581

11.2326 GBP

19,758

11.2480 GBP

6,406

11.2523 GBP

29,465

11.2723 GBP

17,292

11.2790 GBP

2,862

11.2809 GBP

130,390

11.2922 GBP

3,371

11.3023 GBP

2,070

11.3096 GBP

14,533

11.3152 GBP

6,175

11.3205 GBP

352

11.3567 GBP

320

11.3670 GBP

62,096

11.3749 GBP

300,000

11.3770 GBP

21

11.4002 GBP

32,318

11.4034 GBP

5,866

11.4130 GBP

133,530

11.4544 GBP

3,428

11.4701 GBP

14,501

11.5158 GBP

30,903

11.5200 GBP

2,817

11.5202 GBP

4,318

11.5209 GBP

889

11.5212 GBP

19,602

11.5219 GBP

10

11.5375 GBP

796

11.5404 GBP

30,079

11.5411 GBP

511

11.5525 GBP

796

11.5550 GBP

413

11.5707 GBP

4,358

11.5731 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:

27 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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