Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Beazley PLC

GoldmanSachs International

18 May 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:	(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
(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:	15 May 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 the offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	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	Purchases	2,189,022	12.8139 GBP	12.7900 GBP
5p ordinary	Sales	1,897,700	12.8100 GBP	12.7900 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	Increasing a short position	204	12.7950 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	562	12.7976 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	30,355	12.7976 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	648	12.7984 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	20,300	12.7986 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	935,895	12.8000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4	12.8000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	1,023,767	12.8000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,364	12.8001 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	74	12.8002 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	11,578	12.8002 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	2,542	12.8002 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4,766	12.8008 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	1,252	12.8019 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	6,213	12.8025 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	2,801	12.8025 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	1,158	12.8025 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Closing a short position	2,568	12.8025 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	3,412	12.8025 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	1,410	12.8025 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	2,970	12.8026 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	51	12.8026 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	883	12.8026 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	1,298	12.8028 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	139	12.8028 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	16,885	12.8035 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	392	12.8037 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	260	12.8046 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	102	12.8048 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	33,454	12.8048 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	4,722	12.8048 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	8,964	12.8050 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	4,152	12.8052 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	1,696	12.8065 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	1,132	12.8065 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	3,897	12.8075 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	1,757	12.8075 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	2,140	12.8075 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	2,000	12.8077 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	2,361	12.8081 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	12	12.8087 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	498	12.8088 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	58,248	12.8140 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	58,248	12.8140 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:	18 May 2026
Contact name:	Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka
Telephone number:	[phone] / [phone]

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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