Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Beazley plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

04 August 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:	03 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	2,658,754	12.9300 GBP	12.9050 GBP
	Sale	3,112,444	12.9300 GBP	12.9075 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	120	12.9162 GBP
			8,469	12.9295 GBP
		Decrease Short	3,000	12.9088 GBP
			71	12.9096 GBP
			739	12.9097 GBP
			8,744	12.9099 GBP
			164,641	12.9100 GBP
			139	12.9101 GBP
			3,118	12.9103 GBP
			2,429	12.9113 GBP
			6,458	12.9117 GBP
			3,467	12.9122 GBP
			2,572	12.9127 GBP
			3,348	12.9133 GBP
			218	12.9137 GBP
			5,982	12.9150 GBP
			6,296	12.9163 GBP
			4,858	12.9169 GBP
			2,248	12.9184 GBP
			103	12.9196 GBP
			11,379	12.9239 GBP
			1,241	12.9287 GBP
			31,996	12.9300 GBP
		Increase Short	78,425	12.9057 GBP
			16,740	12.9063 GBP
			2,084,270	12.9100 GBP
			138	12.9101 GBP
			936	12.9104 GBP
			2,476	12.9122 GBP
			17,239	12.9138 GBP
			3,798	12.9142 GBP
			7,597	12.9144 GBP
			1,263	12.9154 GBP
			6,617	12.9157 GBP
			2,418	12.9160 GBP
			11,338	12.9161 GBP
			2,849	12.9169 GBP
			5,214	12.9209 GBP
			135	12.9217 GBP
			949	12.9219 GBP
			2,961	12.9233 GBP
			900	12.9252 GBP
			23,689	12.9299 GBP
			281	12.9306 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:	04 August 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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