REG - UBS AG (EPT) Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Beazley plc Replacement
26/01/2026 12:00
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RNS Number : 3815Q UBS AG (EPT) 26 January 2026
This announcement replaces the previous RNS announcement 9994P released at
11:57 on the 22(nd) of January 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: 20 January 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 3102657 11.60000 GBP 11.26000 GBP
5p Ordinary Sell 1975889 11.60000 GBP 11.25831 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 459 11.59 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 2853 11.364555 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 263726 11.43452818 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 3221 11.302232 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 22770 11.3857 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 4388 11.56983 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 16628 11.2583112821747 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 12191 11.4077494 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 374665 11.26000023 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 126593 11.49195 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 35497 11.36178829 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 79796 11.346855 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 4919 11.442076 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 6395 11.57000742 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 134641 11.599072 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 2834 11.50250245 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 7126 11.2958055009823 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 3411 11.31957035 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 13538 11.26 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 21632 11.375526 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 945804 11.4444 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 329739 11.4616 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 55322 11.3935 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 110650 11.52294 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 302 11.407881 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 31482 11.292 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 70000 11.4614 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 27233 11.5058 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 26344 11.56155 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 129990 11.39107562 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 18438 11.37704 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 34636 11.407852 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 298 11.377852 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 6585 11.271259 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 56852 11.31782875 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 5269 11.43142 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 2368 11.377842 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 39494 11.345459 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 40046 11.549438 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 298 11.345473 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 6082 11.58086813 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 6763 11.42832949 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 650000 11.41839303 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 53063 11.407851 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 87699 11.382845 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 87570 11.377844 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 13162 11.38705516 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 99213 11.352837 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 3033 11.315762 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 194561 11.4699 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 60378 11.567891 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 81533 11.4061405 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 57 11.315788 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 14962 11.31577 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1500 11.27126 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 52985 11.352838 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 50444 11.34546 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 2371 11.407853 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 5075 11.30948006 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 13171 11.56732518 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 9859 11.375096 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 5268 11.42 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 9752 11.5764059925 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 6585 11.37131 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 18834 11.542506 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 18597 11.576412712533 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 31700 11.3641142 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 4340 11.4287235021198 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 11114 11.53915052 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 3955 11.38137 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 75000 11.478029 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 473 11.260225 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 41943 11.327924 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 55595 11.39536184 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 3990 11.382847 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 45125 11.263295 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 36309 11.51418624 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 230000 11.50967747 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 298 11.352852 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 20000 11.4587895 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 20000 11.26563 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: 26 January 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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