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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Beazley plc Replacement

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 2077U
UBS AG (EPT)
24 February 2026
 

This announcement replaces the previous RNS announcement 7051T released at 11:55 on the 19th of February 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:

            17 February 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

 

1083333

12.25036        GBP

12.12000        GBP

5p Ordinary

Sell

 

898948

12.26000        GBP

12.11980        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

184961

12.12        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

6441

12.148718        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

8982

12.207381        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

339943

12.147053        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

92972

12.18536        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1143

12.1198        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

384

12.14377506        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

5985

12.16797327        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

497

12.125604        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

68

12.22191176        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

10092

12.1424        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

7790

12.193047        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

45196

12.16608        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

71076

12.2361        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1525

12.138039        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1964

12.19305        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

32141

12.13212        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

14160

12.179736        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

35273

12.17973606        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

27421

12.138034        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

35303

12.193048        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

12385

12.1615        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

108

12.138056        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

139

12.193022        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

450834

12.1468288771477        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

63758

12.207622        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

12750

12.23833        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

199

12.204904        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

412

12.210122        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

22

12.171217        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

14

12.201938        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

591

12.186422        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

412

12.20122        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

264

12.190481        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

34089

12.12        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

4237

12.14502478        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

562

12.190534        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

424

12.20501        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

642

12.20791152        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

3857

12.11999989        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

4596

12.22        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

40910

12.14780851        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2194

12.154448        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2138

12.230183        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

6050

12.138033        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

6729

12.1754331995839        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

21631

12.1754329434608        GBP

5p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2541

12.1754309327037        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:

24 February 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 monitoring@disclosure.org.uk

 

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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