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RNS Number : 7916A  UBS AG (EPT)  16 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:                                                                15 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               204090                      12.74000        GBP                   12.73250        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 Sell              87658                       12.74000        GBP                   12.73411        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                                                     5029                            12.735        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     36301                           12.7349998622628        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       55750                           12.735        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       19987                           12.7382643718417        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       10325                           12.7382644067797        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       4890                            12.738263803681        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1456                            12.7382623626374        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1409                            12.7382611781405        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       38                              12.7381578947368        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       3046                            12.7382632961261        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1802                            12.7382630410655        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1007                            12.7381926514399        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1695                            12.7387138643068        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1393                            12.7332663316583        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       192                             12.73578125        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       119                             12.7357983193277        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       56                              12.7357142857143        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       108                             12.7357407407407        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       4885                            12.738264073695        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       4627                            12.7382645342555        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       2133                            12.7332630098453        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1764                            12.7382653061225        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1634                            12.7382619339045        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1559                            12.7382617062219        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       969                             12.7332610939112        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       723                             12.7382710926694        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       616                             12.738262987013        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       489                             12.7382617586912        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       273                             12.7382783882784        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       66                              12.7383333333333        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       34707                           12.7349998559368        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       133                             12.7357894736842        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:  16 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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