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 : 3818Q UBS AG (EPT) 26 January 2026
This announcement replaces the previous RNS announcement 1957Q released at
11:57 on the 23(rd) 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: 21 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 3272656 11.62000 GBP 11.23000 GBP
5p Ordinary Sell 1625422 11.62000 GBP 11.22775 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 19758 11.44188 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 16381 11.23 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 2220 11.45 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 10528 11.4135 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 199718 11.44937925 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 27635 11.3920040012 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1775 11.24484928 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 6446 11.2283152342538 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 33061 11.2866068781948 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 15697 11.41724491 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 9761 11.283885 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 9587 11.470336 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1806 11.2277519379845 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 26753 11.39236721 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 8106 11.398951 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 7361 11.346971 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 2120 11.379071 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 78 11.5350385153846 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 244000 11.5386 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 370000 11.4585 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 100000 11.4847 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 180000 11.298953 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 360000 11.399965 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 38904 11.2316845 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 250000 11.30192752 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 19452 11.2316846596751 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 171228 11.50611 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 630494 11.4616 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 89938 11.3495 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 90236 11.3195 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 61921 11.35073158 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 658481 11.3805 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 26342 11.56732518 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 42151 11.3031 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 78 11.23 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 562 11.3052 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 5668 11.230225 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 774 11.39806954 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 17764 11.51630637 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 5130 11.5109208 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 42505 11.507 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1711 11.38768 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 604 11.410171 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 329 11.40085106 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 6855 11.367882 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 512 11.51570312 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 60466 11.5058 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 2371 11.5057 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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