Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Beazley plc Replacement.


    29 January 2026 11:58:10
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RNS Number : 9465Q
UBS AG (EPT)
29 January 2026
 

This announcement replaces the previous RNS announcement 3818Q released at 11:57 on the 26th 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 relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

            Beazley plc

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

            Zurich Insurance Group Ltd

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

            21 January 2026

(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

NA

 

 

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

 

3274085

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

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

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

1429

11.38049685        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

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit









 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

29 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

 

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.

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