REG - UBS AG (EPT) Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Beazley plc
09/02/2026 12:00
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RNS Number : 2770S UBS AG (EPT) 09 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: 06 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 1297742 12.50937 GBP 12.32019 GBP
5p Ordinary Sell 494990 12.49559 GBP 12.31985 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 2405 12.3998658125156 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1261 12.363489 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 12435 12.4003076 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 2560 12.3981 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 21234 12.416928 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 325 12.435569 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 41376 12.49375 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 95 12.3595674 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1993 12.394618 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 5167 12.37411865 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 2093 12.3590301003345 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 25778 12.37637 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 8554 12.417503 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 193 12.38371378 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 57259 12.3590277510959 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 135 12.319852 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 15062 12.376363 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1329 12.37701851 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 197 12.364887 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 288 12.3385 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 9152 12.39454382 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 10459 12.3727 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 482896 12.36235 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 63806 12.36 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 3660 12.3723 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 933 12.395186 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 3869 12.4765831 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 50974 12.441309 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1499 12.320187 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 2145 12.42643638 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 30 12.3762 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 12335 12.3618540737738 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 38538 12.38366242 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 355 12.372366 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1191 12.4317 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 3489 12.4328 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 16948 12.427932 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: 09 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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