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RNS Number : 0897Z  Barclays PLC  01 April 2026

 FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
 PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
 (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
 Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
 1.                                                                                         KEY INFORMATION
 (a)              Name of exempt principal trader:                                                              BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
 (b)              Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose                                                  SENIOR PLC
                  relevant securities this form relates:
 (c)              Name of the party to the offer with which exempt                                              A CONSORTIUM COMPRISING TINICUM INCORPORATED AND BLACKSTONE PRIVATE
                                                                                                                INVESTMENTS ADVISORS L.L.C.
                  principal trader is connected
 (d)              Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                        31 Mar 2026
 (e)              In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal                             NO
                  trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 2.                                                                                         POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
 (a)              Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or
                  offeree
                  to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
 Class of relevant security:                                                                10p ordinary
                                                                                            Interests                                    Short Positions
                                                                                            Number              (%)                      Number                   (%)
 (1)              Relevant securities owned
                  and/or controlled:                                                        7,363,723           1.76%                    400,350                  0.10%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        215,051             0.05%                    7,318,927                1.75%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%                    0                        0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    7,578,774           1.81%                    7,719,277                1.84%
 (b)              Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other
                  executive
                  options)
 Class of relevant security in relation to
 which subscription right exists
 Details, including nature of the rights
 concerned and relevant percentages:
 3.                                                                                         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
 (a)              Purchases and sales
 Class of relevant                                  Purchase/sale                           Total number of                              Highest price per unit   Lowest price per unit
 security                                                                                   securities                                   paid/received            paid/received
 10p ordinary                                       Purchase                                351,281                                      2.8850  GBP              2.8020  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       Sale                                    698,195                                      2.8750  GBP              2.8200  GBP

 (b)              Cash-settled derivative transactions
 Class of                                           Product                                 Nature of dealing                            Number of                Price per
 relevant                                           description                                                                          reference                unit
 security                                                                                                                                securities
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                             22,417                   2.8682  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             36,260                   2.8550  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             20,800                   2.8569  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             200,000                  2.8579  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             1,221                    2.8582  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             6,160                    2.8589  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             325                      2.8598  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             51,801                   2.8599  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             45,359                   2.8600  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             1,849                    2.8613  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             22,693                   2.8621  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             40,550                   2.8631  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             10,087                   2.8633  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             1,671                    2.8638  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             22,136                   2.8647  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             987                      2.8663  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             923                      2.8674  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             17,075                   2.8682  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             41,403                   2.8691  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             62,147                   2.8698  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             26                       2.8699  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                             1,159                    2.8750  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                             28,125                   2.8019  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                             4,857                    2.8600  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                             28,635                   2.8601  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                             91,931                   2.8636  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                             4,468                    2.8656  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                             5,978                    2.8661  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                             3,032                    2.8664  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                             43,297                   2.8699  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                             575                      2.8706  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                             369                      2.8749  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                             2,000                    2.8780  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                             4,816                    2.8800  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                             1,744                    2.8802  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                             34,389                   2.8817  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                             2,500                    2.8850  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Long                              5,859                    2.8562  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Long                              41,132                   2.8646  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Long                              760                      2.8749  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Long                              668                      2.8797  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Decreasing Long                              4,069                    2.8783  GBP

 (c)              Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
 (i)              Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
 Class            Product                           Writing,            Number              Exercise            Type                     Expiry                   Option
 of               description                       purchasing,         of                  price                                        date                     money
 relevant                                           selling,            securities          per unit                                                              paid/
 security                                           varying etc         to which                                                                                  received
                                                                        option                                                                                    per unit
                                                                        relates

 (ii)             Exercising
 Class of relevant                                  Product description                     Exercising/ exercised against                Number of                Exercise price per
 security                                                                                                                                securities               unit

 (d)              Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
 Class of relevant                                  Nature of Dealings                      Details                                      Price per unit (if
 security                                                                                                                                applicable)

 4.                                                                                         OTHER INFORMATION
 (a)              Indemnity and other dealings 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:
 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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
 securities to which
 any derivative is referenced:
 NONE
 (c)              Attachments
 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?                                        NO
 Date of disclosure:                                                                        01 Apr 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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