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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- Beazley plc Replacement

22nd Jan 2026 11:57

RNS Number : 9994P
UBS AG (EPT)
22 January 2026
 

This announcement replaces the previous RNS announcement 8077P released at 11:51 on the 21st of January 2026. Amendments to section 2a. All other information remains unchanged.

 

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:

20 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

 

3167652

11.60000 GBP

11.26000 GBP

5p Ordinary

Sell

 

1975889

11.60000 GBP

11.25831 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

459

11.59 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2853

11.364555 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

263726

11.43452818 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

3221

11.302232 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

22770

11.3857 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

4388

11.56983 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

16628

11.2583112821747 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

12191

11.4077494 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

374665

11.26000023 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

126593

11.49195 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

35497

11.36178829 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

79796

11.346855 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

4919

11.442076 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

6395

11.57000742 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

134641

11.599072 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2834

11.50250245 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

7126

11.2958055009823 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

3411

11.31957035 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

13538

11.26 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

21632

11.375526 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

945804

11.4444 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

329739

11.4616 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

55322

11.3935 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

110650

11.52294 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

302

11.407881 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

31482

11.292 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

70000

11.4614 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

27233

11.5058 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

26344

11.56155 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

129990

11.39107562 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

18438

11.37704 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

34636

11.407852 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

298

11.377852 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

6585

11.271259 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

56852

11.31782875 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

5269

11.43142 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2368

11.377842 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

39494

11.345459 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

40046

11.549438 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

298

11.345473 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

6082

11.58086813 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

6763

11.42832949 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

650000

11.41839303 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

53063

11.407851 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

87699

11.382845 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

87570

11.377844 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

13162

11.38705516 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

99213

11.352837 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

3033

11.315762 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

194561

11.4699 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

60378

11.567891 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

81533

11.4061405 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

57

11.315788 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

14962

11.31577 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1500

11.27126 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

52985

11.352838 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

50444

11.34546 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2371

11.407853 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

5075

11.30948006 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

13171

11.56732518 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

9859

11.375096 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

5268

11.42 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

9752

11.5764059925 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

6585

11.37131 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

18834

11.542506 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

18597

11.576412712533 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

31700

11.3641142 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

4340

11.4287235021198 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

11114

11.53915052 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

3955

11.38137 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

75000

11.478029 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

473

11.260225 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

41943

11.327924 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

55595

11.39536184 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

3990

11.382847 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

45125

11.263295 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

36309

11.51418624 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

230000

11.50967747 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

298

11.352852 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

20000

11.4587895 GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

20000

11.26563 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:

22 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 [email protected]

 

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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