Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Beazley plc.


    30 January 2026 11:58:36
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RNS Number : 1307R
UBS AG (EPT)
30 January 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 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:

            29 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

 

2356883

11.41000        GBP

11.27500        GBP

5p Ordinary

Sell

 

2218035

11.41000        GBP

11.27500        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

67239

11.32        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

3321

11.3092050587173        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

139

11.3376978417266        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

14131

11.332062        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

16596

11.31983        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

4469

11.33968315        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2070

11.355        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

8043

11.343743        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1397

11.32164401        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1110

11.3634        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

8538

11.3377324900445        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

272

15.5957904        USD

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

693

11.31992957        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1888

11.3377330508475        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

9697

11.317742        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

180

11.334        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1218

11.373383        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

207327

11.32        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

49370

11.37020527        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2719

11.336995        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

18070

11.37192031        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

3305

11.357309        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

50000

11.39667        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

734

11.38222325        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

8479

11.31999969        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:

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

 

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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