Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Beazley plc announced that Adrian Cox, a Director and Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMR), exercised 113,079 nil cost options under the company's Long Term Incentive Plan on April 1, 2026. To satisfy tax and national insurance contributions, Mr. Cox subsequently sold 53,281 ordinary shares at a price of 1267.2100 pence per share, generating aggregate proceeds of £675,182.16 from this sale on the London Stock Exchange.

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Beazley PLC
01 April 2026
 

 

 

 

 

Beazley plc

 

London, 1 April 2026

 

Vesting of Share Incentives/Options for Directors and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (together "PDMRs")

Beazley plc announces that the following PDMR has interests in share awards, which were granted on 1 April 2021 under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan. The options exercised have vested as set out below. The details of the resulting share dealing transactions to satisfy tax and national insurance contributions are also set out below.

 

Director

No of nil cost options vested and exercised in respect of 1 April 2021 awards

No of ordinary shares sold in respect of 1 April 2021 awards

A P Cox

113,079

53,281

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

Beazley plc

Mark Stevens

 

+44 (0)20 7674 7581

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation (No. 596/2014).

Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibility or connected persons

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Adrian Cox

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Director

b)

Initial notification/amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Beazley plc

b)

LEI

213800VTOMUWD41GIT12

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of 5 pence each

 

GB00BYQ0JC66

b)

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of nil cost options exercised   under the Beazley plc Long Term Incentive Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

0.00p

113,079

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

-Price

 

n/a

n/a

e)

Date of the transaction

1 April 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

Exercise of the options occurred outside a trading venue

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of 5 pence each

 

GB00BYQ0JC66

b)

Nature of the transaction

Sale of shares acquired from the exercise of nil cost options under the Beazley plc Long Term Incentive Plan to satisfy tax and national insurance contributions

 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1267.2100p

53,281

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

-Price

 

53,281

£675,182.16

e)

Date of the transaction

1 April 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

 

 

Note to editors:

 

Beazley plc (BEZ.L), is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses with operations in Europe, North America, Latin America, Bermuda and Asia. Beazley manages six Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2025, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $6,100.7million. All Lloyd's syndicates are rated A+ by A.M. Best. 

 

Beazley's underwriters in the United States focus on writing a range of specialist insurance products. In the admitted market, coverage is provided by Beazley Insurance Company, Inc., an A.M. Best A rated carrier licensed in all 50 states and its subsidiary, Beazley America Insurance Company, Inc. In the surplus lines market, coverage is provided by Beazley Excess and Surplus Insurance, Inc. 

 

Beazley's European insurance company, Beazley Insurance dac, is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland and is A rated by A.M. Best and A+ by Fitch. 

 

Beazley's Bermuda entity, Beazley Bermuda Insurance Limited, is A rated by A.M. Best and regulated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority.

 

Beazley is a market leader in many of its chosen lines, which include Directors & Officers, Financial Lines, Cyber, Property, Marine and Aviation, Reinsurance, Accident and Life, and Political Risks and Contingency business. 

 

For more information please go to: www.beazley.com

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