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REG - Goldman Sachs (EPT) Beazley PLC - Amend- Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- Beazley PLC

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RNS Number : 1186X  GoldmanSachs International  18 March 2026

Amendment - due to the amendment of Equity and Derivative transactions, the
disclosure made on 12(th) March for dealings on 11(th) March has been updated.
Section 2(a) and 2(b) has been updated

 

 

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:                                            (GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form  BEAZLEY PLC
 relates:

      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is        ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP LTD
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    11 March 2026
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    N/A
 making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "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                 Purchases         1,721,046                   12.8900 GBP                           12.8700 GBP
 5p ordinary                 Sales             2,179,250                   12.8900 GBP                           12.8700 GBP

 

 

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit

                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
                                                  position
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a short position                                                      1,009                           12.8721 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a short position                                                      40                              12.8753 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    1,300                           12.8764 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a short position                                                      289                             12.8773 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a short position                                                      1,629                           12.8808 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Opening a short position                                                       2                               12.8813 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    37,656                          12.8814 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    786                             12.8821 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    37,306                          12.8823 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    6,816                           12.8832 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a short position                                                      227                             12.8832 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       783                             12.8837 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    657                             12.8850 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    3,863                           12.8850 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    71                              12.8851 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    9,039                           12.8853 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    1,371                           12.8853 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    3,210                           12.8853 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    2,187                           12.8853 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    21,103                          12.8853 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    16,329                          12.8853 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    30,725                          12.8853 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    465                             12.8853 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a short position                                                      268                             12.8866 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    22,941                          12.8869 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     571                             12.8874 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     10                              12.8874 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     243                             12.8874 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     33                              12.8874 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     306                             12.8874 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    25,000                          12.8876 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    25,000                          12.8876 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    25,000                          12.8876 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    75,000                          12.8877 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    150,000                         12.8877 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a short position                                                      6                               12.8887 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     30,450                          12.8889 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       58,629                          12.8893 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a short position                                                      4,779                           12.8898 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Opening a long position                                                        176,712                         12.8900 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a short position                                                      46,905                          12.8900 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       176,712                         12.8900 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    5,809                           12.8902 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    17,337                          12.8906 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       313                             12.8910 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       220                             12.8910 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1,108                           12.8913 GBP
 5p ordinary                 SWAP^                Reducing a long position                                                       989,904                         12.8900 GBP
 5p ordinary                 SWAP^                Opening a long position                                                        989,904                         12.8900 GBP

^Please note this product is part of a basket of securities for which BEAZLEY
PLC is a component

 

 

(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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit

                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising / exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit

                             e.g. call option

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)

                             e.g. subscription, conversion

 

 

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:  18 March 2026
 Contact name:        Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka
 Telephone number:    +33(1) 4212 1459 / +48(22) 317 4817

 

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 disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .

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