REG - UBS AG (EPT) Beazley PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Beazley Plc
15/04/2026 12:00
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RNS Number : 6128A UBS AG (EPT) 15 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: 14 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 153405 12.75576 GBP 12.73500 GBP
5p Ordinary Sell 134221 12.73500 GBP 12.71590 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 18291 12.7349997266415 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 337 12.735 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 11190 12.715897 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2691 12.7350018580453 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 66801 12.7349999251508 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 33767 12.7349998519264 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3532 12.7382644394111 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3088 12.7407642487047 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2978 12.7382639355272 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2863 12.7468843870066 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2690 12.7557657992565 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2474 12.7407639450283 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2195 12.7557630979499 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2097 12.7382641869337 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1612 12.7382630272953 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1559 12.750763309814 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1552 12.7382667525773 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1453 12.7407639366827 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1130 12.7455044247788 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 831 12.750770156438 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 234 12.7382478632479 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 55 12.7358181818182 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 989 12.7382608695652 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 806 12.7432630272953 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 615 12.7432682926829 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 615 12.7507642276423 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 469 12.7432622601279 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 54 12.7357407407407 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 10 12.736 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 615 12.735756097561 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 17760 12.745196509009 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 7247 12.7432647992273 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 4798 12.7440787828262 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 4290 12.7501864801865 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2822 12.7432636428065 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2207 12.7496601721794 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2027 12.7459940799211 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1297 12.738265227448 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1235 12.7382672064777 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1230 12.7488861788618 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1191 12.7382619647355 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1158 12.7382642487047 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 36301 12.7349998622628 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1921 12.7457626236335 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1182 12.7357614213198 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1003 12.7404885343968 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 767 12.7482659713168 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 760 12.7450394736842 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 142 12.7382394366197 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 139 12.738273381295 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 23747 12.7407643070704 GBP
5p Ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 4160 12.7454375 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: 15 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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