<div id="readability-page-1"><div>RNS Number : 9919P JPMorgan Securities Plc 22 January 2026 FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITYRule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the &#34;Code&#34;)1. KEY INFORMATION<div><table><tbody><tr><td>(a) Name of exempt principal trader: </td><td>J.P. Morgan Securities Plc</td></tr><tr><td>(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree</td><td>Beazley plc</td></tr><tr><td>(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:</td><td>Corporate Broker and Financial Adviser to Beazley Plc</td></tr><tr><td>(d) Date dealing undertaken:</td><td>21 January 2026</td></tr><tr><td>(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 &#34;N/A&#34;</td><td>N/A</td></tr></tbody></table></div>2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERWhere 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<div><table><tbody><tr><td>Class of relevant security</td><td>Purchases/ sales</td><td>Total number of securities</td><td>Highest price per unit paid/received</td><td>Lowest price per unit paid/received</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">5p ordinary</td><td>Purchase</td><td>2,972,124</td><td>11.6200 GBP</td><td>11.2300 GBP</td></tr><tr><td> Sale</td><td> 2,933,673</td><td> 11.6000 GBP</td><td> 11.2292 GBP</td></tr></tbody></table></div>(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions<div><table><tbody><tr><td>Class of relevant security</td><td>5p ordinary</td></tr><tr><td>Product descriptione.g. CFD</td><td>Equity Swap</td></tr><tr><td>Nature of dealinge.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position</td><td>Decrease LongDecrease ShortIncrease LongIncrease ShortOpening a long positionOpening a short position</td></tr><tr><td>Number of reference securities</td><td>928 243 14 2,558 26,367 33,196 18,614 529 19,238 2,645 4,855 5,200 869 4,508 628 586,665 4,434 110 745 10,820 26,872 3,528 11,343 409 60,239 3,418 468 1,956 693 1,158 61,571 120,853 663 703 25,997 12,732 4,997 72,708 28,201 14,992 677 216 553 2,459 8,600 1,554 773 1,442 59,830 2,401 32,738 23,020 357,381 110,064 25,000 19,401 553 12,629 57,520 253 7,035 5,192 2,250 116 7,570 1,079 9,104 1,933 10,289 328 25,000 8,324 15,649 4,062 4,587 153 201 2,304 7,278 5,009 314 132,416 5,250 16 883 1,713 472 982 1,362 2,589 35 2,689 2,647 3,308 165 105,932 2,783 1,889 906 3,262 1,869 2,617 4,787 5,251 2,889 33,337 90,189 1,600 100,000</td></tr><tr><td>Price per unit</td><td>11.2300 GBP11.2303 GBP11.2305 GBP11.2311 GBP11.2314 GBP11.2709 GBP11.3639 GBP11.4190 GBP11.4226 GBP11.4411 GBP11.5333 GBP15.2547 GBP11.2289 GBP11.2292 GBP11.2298 GBP11.2300 GBP11.2449 GBP11.2638 GBP11.2662 GBP11.2734 GBP11.2802 GBP11.2924 GBP11.2942 GBP11.3064 GBP11.3237 GBP11.3304 GBP11.3408 GBP11.3716 GBP11.3847 GBP11.4062 GBP11.4110 GBP11.4276 GBP11.4352 GBP11.4452 GBP11.4508 GBP11.4624 GBP11.4656 GBP11.4734 GBP11.4859 GBP11.5128 GBP11.5141 GBP11.5200 GBP11.5259 GBP11.5299 GBP11.5346 GBP11.5364 GBP11.5534 GBP11.2295 GBP11.2488 GBP11.3138 GBP11.4119 GBP11.4262 GBP11.2300 GBP11.2307 GBP11.2318 GBP11.2583 GBP11.2619 GBP11.3118 GBP11.3244 GBP11.3311 GBP11.3385 GBP11.3405 GBP11.3501 GBP11.3803 GBP11.3807 GBP11.3943 GBP11.3972 GBP11.3981 GBP11.4005 GBP11.4007 GBP11.4060 GBP11.4090 GBP11.4342 GBP11.4507 GBP11.4573 GBP11.4607 GBP11.4821 GBP11.4995 GBP11.5007 GBP11.5057 GBP11.5071 GBP11.5081 GBP11.5085 GBP11.5100 GBP11.5106 GBP11.5107 GBP11.5150 GBP11.5152 GBP11.5164 GBP11.5165 GBP11.5170 GBP11.5206 GBP11.5207 GBP11.5217 GBP11.5218 GBP11.5281 GBP11.5312 GBP11.5334 GBP11.5365 GBP11.5505 GBP11.5562 GBP11.5597 GBP11.5599 GBP11.5607 GBP11.5707 GBP11.5726 GBP11.2300 GBP11.4888 GBP11.2311 GBP</td></tr></tbody></table></div>(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying<ul><li>Class of relevant security</li><li>Product description e.g. call option</li><li>Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.</li><li>Number of securities to which option relates</li><li>Exercise price per unit</li><li>Typee.g. American, European etc.</li><li>Expiry date</li><li>Option money paid/ received per unit</li></ul>(ii) Exercise<ul><li>Class of relevant security</li><li>Product descriptione.g. call option</li><li>Exercising/ exercised against</li><li>Number of securities</li><li>Exercise price per unit</li></ul>(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)<ul><li>Class of relevant security</li><li>Nature of dealinge.g. subscription, conversion</li><li>Details</li><li>Price per unit (if applicable)</li></ul>3. OTHER INFORMATION(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements<ul><li>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 &#34;none&#34;</li><li>None</li></ul>(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives<ul><li>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 &#34;none&#34;</li><li>None</li></ul><div><table><tbody><tr><td>Date of disclosure:</td><td>22 January 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Contact name:</td><td>Hetvi Shah</td></tr><tr><td>Telephone number:</td><td>44 2034 936359</td></tr></tbody></table></div>Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service. 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J.P. Morgan Securities Plc disclosed dealings related to Beazley plc under Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code. On January 21, 2026, J.P. Morgan purchased 2,972,124 5p ordinary shares at a highest price of £11.6200 and sold 2,933,673 shares at a highest price of £11.6000. The firm is acting as Corporate Broker and Financial Adviser to Beazley plc. No other parties to the offer were disclosed. The announcement was made on January 22, 2026.

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