Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Beazley Plc

UBS AG (EPT)

15 April 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:	14 April 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	153405	12.75576        GBP	12.73500        GBP
5p Ordinary	Sell	134221	12.73500        GBP	12.71590        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	18291	12.7349997266415        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	337	12.735        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11190	12.715897        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2691	12.7350018580453        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	66801	12.7349999251508        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	33767	12.7349998519264        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3532	12.7382644394111        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3088	12.7407642487047        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2978	12.7382639355272        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2863	12.7468843870066        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2690	12.7557657992565        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2474	12.7407639450283        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2195	12.7557630979499        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2097	12.7382641869337        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1612	12.7382630272953        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1559	12.750763309814        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1552	12.7382667525773        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1453	12.7407639366827        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1130	12.7455044247788        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	831	12.750770156438        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	234	12.7382478632479        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	55	12.7358181818182        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	989	12.7382608695652        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	806	12.7432630272953        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	615	12.7432682926829        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	615	12.7507642276423        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	469	12.7432622601279        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	54	12.7357407407407        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	10	12.736        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	615	12.735756097561        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	17760	12.745196509009        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7247	12.7432647992273        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4798	12.7440787828262        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4290	12.7501864801865        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2822	12.7432636428065        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2207	12.7496601721794        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2027	12.7459940799211        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1297	12.738265227448        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1235	12.7382672064777        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1230	12.7488861788618        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1191	12.7382619647355        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1158	12.7382642487047        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	36301	12.7349998622628        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1921	12.7457626236335        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1182	12.7357614213198        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1003	12.7404885343968        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	767	12.7482659713168        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	760	12.7450394736842        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	142	12.7382394366197        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	139	12.738273381295        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	23747	12.7407643070704        GBP
5p Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4160	12.7454375        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:	15 April 2026
Contact name:	Richard Howard
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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