REG - UBS AG (EPT) Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Beazley plc
06/02/2026 12:15
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RNS Number : 0999S UBS AG (EPT) 06 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: 05 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 1248692 12.42620 GBP 12.34000 GBP
5p Ordinary Sell 119912 12.43000 GBP 12.34000 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 13032 12.3651 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 2231 12.37907217 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 155458 12.36 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1450 12.36724138 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 31303 12.345 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 41517 12.37 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1671 12.36313373 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 2 12.3595674 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1668 12.3953 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 10235 12.379857 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1355 12.38 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 8079 12.4 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 2450 12.385 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1320 12.366263 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 15111 12.38909073 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 2570 12.374331 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 936 12.39976586 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 6622 12.37499915 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 5442 12.416759 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 4203 12.39537 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 35303 12.351173 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 45196 12.4262 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 18022 12.3512 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 344 12.372354 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 20633 12.344545 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 43550 12.37236 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 13199 12.3828 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 112700 12.36927 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 139 12.351187 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 56 12.3513 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 7790 12.351172 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 52681 12.37787446 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 52681 12.407408 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 3245 12.379282 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1235 12.3818904659109 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1006 12.382477 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 944 12.381759 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 747 12.379728 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 293 12.360124 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 120 12.388217 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 2638 12.40149356 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 3007 12.379299 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1162 12.3820772279862 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1013 12.38237 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 931 12.381722 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 686 12.379722 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 113 12.388341 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1230 12.359666 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 2758 12.37562001 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 150000 12.361728 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1332 12.3765826 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 5143 12.35 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 2228 12.36411612 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 688 12.36587209 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 13467 12.36 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 26239 12.364489 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 6339 12.380186 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 5442 12.389251 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1964 12.351171 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: 06 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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