REG - UBS AG (EPT) Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Beazley plc Replacement
30/01/2026 12:00
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RNS Number : 1298R UBS AG (EPT) 30 January 2026
This announcement replaces the previous RNS announcement 9502Q released at
11:58 on the 28(th) 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: 23 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 1963871 11.59000 GBP 10.70540 GBP
5p Ordinary Sell 1834573 11.59421 GBP 11.15000 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 3507 11.4125233727973 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 6813 11.52 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 71550 11.32367687 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 99 15.6450816 USD
5p Ordinary CFD Long 32092 11.3788249975 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 2776 11.52639264 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 2290 11.42828108 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 18886 11.423505 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 8132 11.42996474 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1571 11.15161044 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1012 11.5176976284585 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 9180 11.5516 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 19682 11.43294962 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 3171 11.402005 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1191 11.287028 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1049 11.279828 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1357938 11.3743 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 15797 11.55691777 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 52652 11.4885 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 5265 11.56262678 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 12361 11.5176959792897 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 71273 11.4476 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 14434 11.43589959 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 1206 11.44070007 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 9412 11.385 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 362510 11.5942 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Long 63790 11.5900000271202 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 245658 11.22535956 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 90000 11.19896711 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 539010 11.3561 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 3507 11.52 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1500 11.22 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 3367 11.486131 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1146 11.28085022 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 38725 11.2979 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 4391 11.5209216 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1191 11.261478 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 56 11.52071429 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 90661 10.8254 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 98030 11.250623 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 119628 11.25562502 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 162 11.10160494 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 45314 11.162232 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 167690 11.22535959 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 252545 10.7454 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 90362 10.7054 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 82651 11.250622 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 29567 11.22535969 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 33388 11.22535941 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 1350 11.22536296 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 574 11.250627 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 70000 11.21117514 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 143268 11.22535961 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Short 129990 11.38939488 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: 30 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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