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RNS Number : 7131V  UBS AG (EPT)  06 March 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 March 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               1777494                     12.91578        GBP                   12.88000        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 Sell              488405                      12.90000       GBP                    12.87981        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                  Increasing a long position                                                     58000                           12.884202        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     225000                          12.882266        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     33098                           12.898968        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     5816                            12.879807        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     12642                           12.884237        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     20955                           12.88800692        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     6546                            12.884485        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     8746                            12.88008754        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       4218                            12.8925        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       3979                            12.8839        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       11368                           12.8844        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       120                             12.8903        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1500000                         12.89288        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1355                            12.8916        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       10796                           12.91578        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1626                            12.884526        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       11592                           12.895665        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       538                             12.89051422        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       6217                            12.896007        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       57510                           12.8810304        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       82556                           12.895156        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 March 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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