REG - UBS AG (EPT) Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Beazley Plc

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RNS Number : 6128A  UBS AG (EPT)  15 April 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:                                                                14 April 2026
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    NO
 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               153405                      12.75576        GBP                   12.73500        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 Sell              134221                      12.73500        GBP                   12.71590        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                                                     18291                           12.7349997266415        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     337                             12.735        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     11190                           12.715897        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     2691                            12.7350018580453        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     66801                           12.7349999251508        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     33767                           12.7349998519264        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       3532                            12.7382644394111        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       3088                            12.7407642487047        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       2978                            12.7382639355272        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       2863                            12.7468843870066        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       2690                            12.7557657992565        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       2474                            12.7407639450283        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       2195                            12.7557630979499        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       2097                            12.7382641869337        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1612                            12.7382630272953        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1559                            12.750763309814        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1552                            12.7382667525773        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1453                            12.7407639366827        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1130                            12.7455044247788        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       831                             12.750770156438        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       234                             12.7382478632479        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       55                              12.7358181818182        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       989                             12.7382608695652        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       806                             12.7432630272953        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       615                             12.7432682926829        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       615                             12.7507642276423        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       469                             12.7432622601279        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       54                              12.7357407407407        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       10                              12.736        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       615                             12.735756097561        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       17760                           12.745196509009        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       7247                            12.7432647992273        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       4798                            12.7440787828262        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       4290                            12.7501864801865        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       2822                            12.7432636428065        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       2207                            12.7496601721794        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       2027                            12.7459940799211        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1297                            12.738265227448        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1235                            12.7382672064777        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1230                            12.7488861788618        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1191                            12.7382619647355        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1158                            12.7382642487047        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       36301                           12.7349998622628        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1921                            12.7457626236335        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1182                            12.7357614213198        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1003                            12.7404885343968        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       767                             12.7482659713168        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       760                             12.7450394736842        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       142                             12.7382394366197        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       139                             12.738273381295        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       23747                           12.7407643070704        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       4160                            12.7454375        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:  15 April 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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