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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc

28th Jan 2026 11:23

RNS Number : 7531Q
JPMorgan Securities Plc
28 January 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 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:

27 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

1,327,334

11.4000 GBP

11.1500 GBP

Sale

910,085

11.4100 GBP

11.1500 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

535

11.2784 GBP

2,025

11.2939 GBP

3,069

11.3051 GBP

39,549

11.3313 GBP

2,006

11.3338 GBP

91,368

11.3400 GBP

555

11.3405 GBP

328

11.3573 GBP

 

Decrease Short

816

11.2260 GBP

410

11.2368 GBP

5,656

11.2581 GBP

10,222

11.2660 GBP

102,630

11.2682 GBP

28,760

11.2893 GBP

861

11.2927 GBP

309

11.2928 GBP

4,807

11.2929 GBP

3,720

11.2950 GBP

558

11.2956 GBP

5,700

11.2983 GBP

17,729

11.2986 GBP

21,708

11.2992 GBP

9,743

11.3014 GBP

32,487

11.3038 GBP

1,931

11.3050 GBP

7,312

11.3063 GBP

228

11.3098 GBP

2,722

11.3099 GBP

571

11.3105 GBP

2,427

11.3148 GBP

2,958

11.3170 GBP

16,264

11.3203 GBP

27

11.3230 GBP

925

11.3244 GBP

1,288

11.3264 GBP

19,140

11.3290 GBP

5,671

11.3324 GBP

8,871

11.3366 GBP

265

11.3397 GBP

1,384

11.3398 GBP

25,266

11.3400 GBP

2,864

11.3460 GBP

1,853

11.3526 GBP

24

11.3633 GBP

125

11.3654 GBP

127

11.3657 GBP

116

11.3699 GBP

2,397

11.3763 GBP

11

11.3789 GBP

272

11.3800 GBP

302

11.3825 GBP

49

11.3826 GBP

87

11.3838 GBP

417

11.3840 GBP

69

11.3900 GBP

 

Increase Long

2,244

11.2919 GBP

7,888

11.2934 GBP

26

11.3038 GBP

500

11.3040 GBP

299

11.3395 GBP

 

Increase Short

34

11.1703 GBP

3,287

11.2124 GBP

2,310

11.2230 GBP

25,000

11.2450 GBP

293

11.2453 GBP

133,785

11.2567 GBP

253

11.2805 GBP

71,949

11.3000 GBP

4,247

11.3050 GBP

30,000

11.3057 GBP

710

11.3072 GBP

17,847

11.3096 GBP

7,860

11.3098 GBP

169

11.3102 GBP

2,781

11.3104 GBP

9,187

11.3121 GBP

42,670

11.3136 GBP

1,431

11.3185 GBP

41,185

11.3186 GBP

424

11.3187 GBP

11,782

11.3328 GBP

1,876

11.3371 GBP

7,268

11.3372 GBP

25,084

11.3400 GBP

375

11.3411 GBP

1,059

11.3519 GBP

7,994

11.3707 GBP

25,000

11.3727 GBP

24

11.3800 GBP

 

Opening a short position

30,000

11.2614 GBP

120,135

11.3400 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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