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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc Amend

10th Feb 2026 12:35

RNS Number : 4614S
JPMorgan Securities Plc
10 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 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:

29 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

528,558

11.4300 GBP

11.2800 GBP

Sale

877,993

11.4100 GBP

11.2929 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

676

11.3205 GBP

44,546

11.3232 GBP

100

11.3300 GBP

1,304

11.3391 GBP

5,032

11.3561 GBP

2,295

11.3949 GBP

 

Decrease Short

286,108

11.3197 GBP

1,784

11.3199 GBP

25,268

11.3200 GBP

9,088

11.3224 GBP

2,052

11.3230 GBP

34,507

11.3297 GBP

1,196

11.3306 GBP

2,154

11.3311 GBP

29,473

11.3321 GBP

1,886

11.3353 GBP

20,846

11.3363 GBP

1,020

11.3378 GBP

2,567

11.3391 GBP

5,153

11.3442 GBP

5,671

11.3509 GBP

96

11.3600 GBP

10,034

11.3652 GBP

3,200

11.3660 GBP

1,594

11.3694 GBP

803

11.3701 GBP

19,856

11.3757 GBP

7,622

11.3765 GBP

6,521

11.3769 GBP

1,048

11.3800 GBP

1,103

11.3820 GBP

15,114

11.3857 GBP

74,471

11.3865 GBP

1,700

11.3893 GBP

449

11.3940 GBP

7,130

11.3941 GBP

1,070

11.4000 GBP

2,439

11.4022 GBP

 

Increase Long

5,747

11.3377 GBP

1,667

11.3461 GBP

 

Increase Short

593

11.2815 GBP

114

11.2903 GBP

133

11.3060 GBP

78,876

11.3096 GBP

1,673

11.3176 GBP

2,500

11.3190 GBP

44,101

11.3200 GBP

3,233

11.3209 GBP

1,634

11.3211 GBP

9,500

11.3320 GBP

2,173

11.3412 GBP

22,080

11.3426 GBP

66,482

11.3464 GBP

328

11.3516 GBP

3,270

11.3517 GBP

9,880

11.3604 GBP

2,474

11.3659 GBP

648

11.3700 GBP

18,658

11.3714 GBP

13,002

11.3724 GBP

690

11.3759 GBP

1,891

11.3822 GBP

5,078

11.3945 GBP

2,052

11.3948 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:

10 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.

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