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RNS Number : 8713T  UBS AG (EPT)  20 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:                                                                19 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               2600709                     12.34000        GBP                   12.17043        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 Sell              2195928                     12.34000        GBP                   12.17556        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                                                                           369                             12.292146        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           2192                            12.18427007        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           72137                           12.2        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           6810                            12.242526        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           11030                           12.257831        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           50605                           12.21005        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           1294                            12.1998        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           26030                           12.25992758        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           1267                            12.2935114        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           900                             12.265211        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          25000                           12.20219        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          13071                           12.2531        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          11288                           12.23222        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          7964                            12.32740331        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          39911                           12.2        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          116                             12.17042595        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          3401                            12.314707        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          2651                            12.200185        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          18                              12.190183        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          38777                           12.24437619        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          10880                           12.28333238        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:  20 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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