22nd Jan 2026 11:35
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: | 21 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 | 2,972,124 | 11.6200 GBP | 11.2300 GBP |
| Sale | 2,933,673 | 11.6000 GBP | 11.2292 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
Decrease Short
Increase Long
Increase Short
Opening a long position
Opening a short position | 928 243 14 2,558 26,367 33,196 18,614 529 19,238 2,645 4,855 5,200
869 4,508 628 586,665 4,434 110 745 10,820 26,872 3,528 11,343 409 60,239 3,418 468 1,956 693 1,158 61,571 120,853 663 703 25,997 12,732 4,997 72,708 28,201 14,992 677 216 553 2,459 8,600 1,554 773
1,442 59,830 2,401 32,738 23,020
357,381 110,064 25,000 19,401 553 12,629 57,520 253 7,035 5,192 2,250 116 7,570 1,079 9,104 1,933 10,289 328 25,000 8,324 15,649 4,062 4,587 153 201 2,304 7,278 5,009 314 132,416 5,250 16 883 1,713 472 982 1,362 2,589 35 2,689 2,647 3,308 165 105,932 2,783 1,889 906 3,262 1,869 2,617 4,787 5,251 2,889 33,337
90,189 1,600
100,000 | 11.2300 GBP 11.2303 GBP 11.2305 GBP 11.2311 GBP 11.2314 GBP 11.2709 GBP 11.3639 GBP 11.4190 GBP 11.4226 GBP 11.4411 GBP 11.5333 GBP 15.2547 GBP
11.2289 GBP 11.2292 GBP 11.2298 GBP 11.2300 GBP 11.2449 GBP 11.2638 GBP 11.2662 GBP 11.2734 GBP 11.2802 GBP 11.2924 GBP 11.2942 GBP 11.3064 GBP 11.3237 GBP 11.3304 GBP 11.3408 GBP 11.3716 GBP 11.3847 GBP 11.4062 GBP 11.4110 GBP 11.4276 GBP 11.4352 GBP 11.4452 GBP 11.4508 GBP 11.4624 GBP 11.4656 GBP 11.4734 GBP 11.4859 GBP 11.5128 GBP 11.5141 GBP 11.5200 GBP 11.5259 GBP 11.5299 GBP 11.5346 GBP 11.5364 GBP 11.5534 GBP
11.2295 GBP 11.2488 GBP 11.3138 GBP 11.4119 GBP 11.4262 GBP
11.2300 GBP 11.2307 GBP 11.2318 GBP 11.2583 GBP 11.2619 GBP 11.3118 GBP 11.3244 GBP 11.3311 GBP 11.3385 GBP 11.3405 GBP 11.3501 GBP 11.3803 GBP 11.3807 GBP 11.3943 GBP 11.3972 GBP 11.3981 GBP 11.4005 GBP 11.4007 GBP 11.4060 GBP 11.4090 GBP 11.4342 GBP 11.4507 GBP 11.4573 GBP 11.4607 GBP 11.4821 GBP 11.4995 GBP 11.5007 GBP 11.5057 GBP 11.5071 GBP 11.5081 GBP 11.5085 GBP 11.5100 GBP 11.5106 GBP 11.5107 GBP 11.5150 GBP 11.5152 GBP 11.5164 GBP 11.5165 GBP 11.5170 GBP 11.5206 GBP 11.5207 GBP 11.5217 GBP 11.5218 GBP 11.5281 GBP 11.5312 GBP 11.5334 GBP 11.5365 GBP 11.5505 GBP 11.5562 GBP 11.5597 GBP 11.5599 GBP 11.5607 GBP 11.5707 GBP 11.5726 GBP
11.2300 GBP 11.4888 GBP
11.2311 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) |
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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
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(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
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| Date of disclosure: | 22 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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