Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Beazley plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

09 July 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:	08 July 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	350,718	12.8850 GBP	12.8650 GBP
	Sale	508,411	12.8850 GBP	12.8591 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	2,904	12.8709 GBP
			18,596	12.8773 GBP
		Decrease Short	192	12.8669 GBP
			3,880	12.8712 GBP
			4,920	12.8722 GBP
			900	12.8728 GBP
			4,930	12.8732 GBP
			15,226	12.8740 GBP
			1,843	12.8742 GBP
			28,356	12.8748 GBP
			65,806	12.8750 GBP
			5,583	12.8751 GBP
			300	12.8756 GBP
			7,714	12.8770 GBP
			3,634	12.8772 GBP
			2,068	12.8776 GBP
			6,391	12.8785 GBP
			319	12.8796 GBP
		Increase Long	7,713	12.8591 GBP
			923	12.8691 GBP
			448	12.8733 GBP
			78,864	12.8744 GBP
		Increase Short	116	12.8650 GBP
			705	12.8688 GBP
			1,285	12.8743 GBP
			7,514	12.8751 GBP
			106	12.8754 GBP
			715	12.8756 GBP
			652	12.8757 GBP
			616	12.8760 GBP
			11,856	12.8791 GBP
			2,957	12.8799 GBP
			182	12.8800 GBP
			800	12.8831 GBP
			22,133	12.8850 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:	09 July 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 [phone].

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

 

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