Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Beazley Plc

UBS AG (EPT)

14 September 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:	11 September 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"	NO

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	81842	13.04078        GBP	13.02077        GBP
5p Ordinary	Sell	656974	13.04000        GBP	13.02000        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 long position	8226	13.03449641        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3710	13.039804        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	582125	13.04        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	402	13.039837        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	791	13.02981037        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1	13.02483719        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	57	13.03        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2	13.035        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	318	13.035786163522        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	78	13.0207692307692        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	93	13.0333333333333        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	11284	13.04        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	161	13.0308074534162        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	319	13.03849471        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	69	13.03608696        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	12467	13.0407820646507        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	21	13.030195        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	235	13.0375081212766        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	526	13.0357794676806        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	26	13.0334615384615        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1109	13.030784490532        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	11	13.0354545454546        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	35	13.0308571428571        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	272	13.0357720588235        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:	14 September 2026
Contact name:	Steven McPherson
Telephone number:	[phone]

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 [e-mail]

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

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

 

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