Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc Amend

JPMorgan Securities Plc

01 September 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:	28 August 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	965,554	12.9800 GBP	12.9700 GBP
	Sale	266,000	12.9800 GBP	12.9694 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	1,248	12.9739 GBP
		Decrease Short	18,533	12.9700 GBP
			2,523	12.9739 GBP
			226	12.9746 GBP
			200	12.9749 GBP
			208	12.9750 GBP
			59	12.9775 GBP
			19,284	12.9794 GBP
		Increase Long	550	12.9687 GBP
			7,885	12.9694 GBP
		Increase Short	147,045	12.9700 GBP
			9	12.9704 GBP
			328	12.9706 GBP
			280	12.9708 GBP
			8,682	12.9731 GBP
			101	12.9740 GBP
			10,413	12.9745 GBP
			914	12.9750 GBP
			3,757	12.9751 GBP
			7,518	12.9757 GBP
			284	12.9763 GBP
			500	12.9780 GBP
			20	12.9781 GBP
			1,323	12.9793 GBP
		Opening a short position	2,559	12.9713 GBP
			570,000	12.9740 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:	01 September 2026
Contact name:	Natasha Mondon
Telephone number:	01202 325175

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 [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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