REG - UBS AG (EPT) Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Beazley plc
05/02/2026 12:30
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RNS Number : 9236R UBS AG (EPT) 05 February 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: UBS Investment Bank, London
(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: 04 February 2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader NA
making disclosures in respect of any other party to this 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 Buy 7412762 12.64978 GBP 12.40000 GBP
5p Ordinary Sell 3935653 12.64978 GBP 12.39752 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 Long 21010 12.54 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1319 12.60484244 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 14669 12.487028 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 6445 12.485245 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 727 16.92476 USD
5p Ordinary CFD Long 119 12.43929702 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 29331 12.5937 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 3330 12.62493994 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1181 12.627477 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 300102 12.561201 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 568173 12.56071903 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 4538 12.57194483 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 506 12.399566 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 575 12.5632753086956 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 57172 12.3975199398307 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 26556 12.57 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 20000 12.635 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 436 12.601055 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 66594 12.521908 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 23066 12.61379064 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 15550 12.588975 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 13481 12.6019 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 8151 12.593423 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 7537 12.588768 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 4609 12.599088 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1037 12.590339 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1006 12.582868 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 131 12.573212 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 3725 12.60126 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 3802 12.588642 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 16414 12.4 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 50000 12.47869 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1650000 12.578627 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 100000 12.4124 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 100000 12.4186 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 112200 12.59745098 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 52869 12.464964 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 45196 12.6163 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 896 12.427611 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 101715 12.5052 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 39590 12.447435 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 17153 12.5125 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 13198 12.4837 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 80000 12.6 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 36844 12.588453 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 20447 12.601611 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 12797 12.589425 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 12473 12.593247 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 6830 12.598167 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 3313 12.593013 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1440 12.581786 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 762 12.573934 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 5484 12.58819 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 987 12.5883958807599 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 33455 12.56291496 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 150000 12.57635267 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 9176 12.4018602877071 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 3986 12.52149124 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 124091 12.47489727 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 200000 12.43544873 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 153308 12.468722 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 38 12.63105263 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 49187 12.571576 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 15727 12.64 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 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: 05 February 2026
Contact name: Richard Howard
Telephone number: +44 (0)207 568 9128
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk (mailto:monitoring@disclosure.org.uk)
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation
to the Code's dealing 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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