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

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RNS Number : 0994S  UBS AG (EPT)  06 February 2026

This announcement replaces the previous RNS announcement 7336R released at
11:58 on the 04(th) of February 2026. Amendments to section 2a. All other
information remains unchanged.

 

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:                                                                02 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               201635                      11.74478        GBP                   11.38050        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 Sell              878286                      11.74478        GBP                   11.42984        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                                                                           31644                           11.6506693211983        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           147                             11.6049919360544        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           17965                           11.640958        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           3905                            11.6505828048656        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           867                             11.71414        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           1591                            11.67665237        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           2122                            11.61700499        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           4202                            11.64822        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           1313                            11.643397        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           3356                            11.554651        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           521                             11.52951012        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           16285                           11.6683659809641        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           4824                            11.6506695688226        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           2198                            11.59571561        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           427                             11.429836        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           181170                          11.56421499        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           232928                          11.6942        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           180786                          11.6742        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           2017                            11.68415469        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           677                             11.70242245        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           543                             11.6941        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           106811                          11.6683658986434        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          178241                          11.3805        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          800                             11.64465        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          780                             11.675253        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          39035                           11.63503023        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          6013                            11.68        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          6027                            11.651165        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          1154                            11.6002999        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          7520                            11.615805        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          26325                           11.667264        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          532                             11.655592        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          3284                            11.680859        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          16678                           11.52977995        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          8312                            11.665739        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          806                             11.42646402        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          5394                            11.675844        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          502                             11.70017928        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          1194                            11.73757956        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          1319                            11.61580743        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 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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