Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc Amend

JPMorgan Securities Plc

10 June 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:	05 June 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	589,545	12.8510 GBP	12.8262 GBP
	Sale	3,256,368	12.8400 GBP	12.8260 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	740	9.5713 GBP
			260	9.5871 GBP
			829	9.6009 GBP
			3,862	9.6047 GBP
			68,900	9.6192 GBP
			6,972	9.6232 GBP
			215	9.6248 GBP
			21	9.6254 GBP
			251	9.6257 GBP
		Decrease Short	15,891	9.5829 GBP
			9,365	9.5998 GBP
			1,061	9.6003 GBP
			337	9.6082 GBP
			1,247	9.6095 GBP
			902	9.6120 GBP
			366	9.6150 GBP
			7,417	9.6160 GBP
			1,767	9.6180 GBP
			1,564	9.6208 GBP
			2,751	9.6213 GBP
			18,676	9.6222 GBP
			123	9.6238 GBP
			24	9.6240 GBP
			137	9.6241 GBP
			11,083	9.6250 GBP
		Increase Long	100	9.5946 GBP
			3,139	9.6069 GBP
			16	9.6140 GBP
			38,252	9.6173 GBP
			16,142	9.6236 GBP
			1	9.6250 GBP
		Increase Short	264	9.5601 GBP
			5,299	9.5650 GBP
			1,002	9.5845 GBP
			11,618	9.5901 GBP
			293	9.5971 GBP
			1,689	9.5984 GBP
			3,704	9.6017 GBP
			1,065	9.6064 GBP
			150	9.6116 GBP
			523	9.6185 GBP
			28,129	9.6199 GBP
			1,312	9.6210 GBP
			10,060	9.6250 GBP
		Opening a long position	3,249	9.5928 GBP
			947	9.5937 GBP
			251	9.5947 GBP
			132	9.5948 GBP
			231	9.6015 GBP
			11,527	9.6034 GBP
			1,303	9.6043 GBP
			511	9.6050 GBP
			3	9.6100 GBP
			16,758	9.6133 GBP
			40,000	9.6174 GBP
			2,530	9.6236 GBP
			316	9.6238 GBP
		Opening a short position	1,884	9.6001 GBP
			165	9.6017 GBP
			630	9.6063 GBP
			59	9.6066 GBP
			18	9.6067 GBP
			19,769	9.6086 GBP
			111	9.6107 GBP
		40,998	9.6110 GBP
		256	9.6122 GBP
		3,725	9.6253 GBP
		4,565	9.6255 GBP
		4,628	9.6257 GBP
		9,278	9.6269 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:	10 June 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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