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Beazley Directors Exercise and Sell Share Awards Under Long-Term Incentive Plans

Story Highlights
  • Beazley directors Paul Bantick and Adrian Cox saw significant share awards vest under the firm’s long-term and deferred share plans.
  • To meet tax and national insurance liabilities, both executives sold portions of their newly acquired shares, with full details disclosed under market abuse rules.
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Beazley Directors Exercise and Sell Share Awards Under Long-Term Incentive Plans

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An update from Beazley ( (GB:BEZ) ) is now available.

Beazley plc has reported the vesting and exercise of share incentives granted in May 2023 to senior executives under its Long Term Incentive Plan and Deferred Share Plan. Director Paul Bantick exercised 105,517 nil-cost options, while Director Adrian Cox saw 32,307 deferred share awards vest, reflecting ongoing delivery of performance-based remuneration to leadership.

To cover tax and national insurance liabilities arising from these awards, Bantick sold 49,718 shares for approximately £636,000 and Cox sold 15,223 shares for about £195,000 on the London Stock Exchange. The transactions, disclosed under EU Market Abuse Regulation requirements, underline Beazley’s adherence to regulatory transparency around insider dealings and highlight the continued role of equity-based pay in aligning management with shareholder interests.

The most recent analyst rating on (GB:BEZ) stock is a Hold with a £1335.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Beazley stock, see the GB:BEZ Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on BEZ Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, BEZ is a Outperform.

The score is driven primarily by strong financial performance (growth, profitability, improving leverage) and attractive valuation (low P/E), partly offset by fundamental volatility and near-term technical overbought risk despite a clear uptrend.

To see Spark’s full report on BEZ stock, click here.

More about Beazley

Beazley plc is a specialist insurance group operating in Europe, North America, Latin America, Bermuda and Asia, managing six Lloyd’s syndicates rated A+ by A.M. Best. The company underwrote $6.1 billion in gross premiums in 2025 and offers a broad portfolio including directors and officers, financial lines, cyber, property, marine and aviation, reinsurance, accident and life, and political risk products through highly rated carriers in the U.S., Europe and Bermuda.

Average Trading Volume: 6,313,675

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: £7.58B

See more data about BEZ stock on TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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