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RNS Number : 0779W  UBS AG (EPT)  10 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:                                                                09 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               386496                      12.89930        GBP                   12.88000        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 Sell              805615                      12.89897        GBP                   12.87490        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                                                     23066                           12.88513        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     403                             12.888711        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     324655                          12.88        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     254                             12.8842125984252        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     4251                            12.8797365325806        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     1454                            12.8792297111417        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     510                             12.8842352941176        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     815                             12.8842208588957        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     1301                            12.8842275172944        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     1243                            12.8842236524537        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     104                             12.8842307692308        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     56                              12.8842857142857        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     1924                            12.8842255717256        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     2335                            12.884226980728        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     9                               12.88954885        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     2740                            12.898968        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     26724                           12.879755        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     357093                          12.8749        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     7687                            12.882591        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       193                             12.8840653        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       69265                           12.88        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       356                             12.882275        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       230000                          12.8993        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       2740                            12.889016        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1303                            12.883154        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       5259                            12.88278556        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       8328                            12.88265803        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       10602                           12.885977        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       9414                            12.88836201        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:  10 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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