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RNS Number : 4468W UBS AG (EPT) 12 March 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 Senior plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is Advent International Limited
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 11 March 2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader NA
making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
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
10p ordinary Buy 161114 3.01238 GBP 2.97500 GBP
10p ordinary Sell 320767 3.01384 GBP 2.97269 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 23335 3.0 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5526 2.99485 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5494 2.99479068074263 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 21206 3.01383570684243 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 13688 2.9933750025 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1565 3.00110011 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 16126 2.995 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 631 2.99412585 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3159 2.995935 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 50 2.99 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5784 2.99949995 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 10968 2.99476021 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 11189 3.00510948483957 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 562 3.00291815 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 613 2.97269603 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1670 2.996589 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 6172 2.98674335376377 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 10714 2.97849788 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 12264 2.99378409287345 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 27039 2.98625901 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 19311 2.97499974108021 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4221 2.99500118455342 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2775 2.9949981981982 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 37274 3.01 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 12697 2.97500039379381 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 11620 2.975 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4601 2.99500108672028 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 37274 3.01 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 817 2.99 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 624 2.99360359 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 13280 2.99858697 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1570 2.99442675159236 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1913 2.995 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1090 2.997344 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 4929 2.975937 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 4102 2.9958869 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 43628 2.975 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 23333 3.0 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 124 2.98554046 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3348 2.995149 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 11597 2.99499956885401 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 Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
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: 12 March 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 (mailto: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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/) .
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