Form 8.1 - Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc

Axis Capital Limited

26 October 2026

 

APPENDIX 3
DISCLOSURE FORMS

FORM 8.1(a) & (b)
(Opening Position Disclosure)

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1(a) AND (b) OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2022 BY AN OFFEROR OR AN OFFEREE

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	Axis Capital Limited
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.	N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc
(d) Is the discloser the offeror or the offeree?	OFFEROR
(e) Date position held: The latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	2 October 2026
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser also making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?	N/A

2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates (Note 1)

Class of relevant security: (Note 2)
Ordinary shares	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	Nil	0%	Nil	0%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	Nil	0%	Nil	0%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/ sell:	Nil	0%	Nil	0%
Total:	Nil	0%	Nil	0%

3. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS OF PERSONS ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE PARTY MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Details of any interests and short positions (including directors’ and other employee options) of any person acting in concert with the party making the disclosure:

None. None of the directors of Axis Capital Limited (or their close relatives or related trusts) or any other person acting in concert with Axis Capital Limited holds any interest or short position in relevant securities of Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc.

4. 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 party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it:

None

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

None

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached?	NO

Date of disclosure:	26 October 2026
Contact name:	Lutz Hartmann, General Counsel, Axis Capital Limited
Telephone number:	[phone]

 

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