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RNS Number : 9916W UBS AG (EPT) 17 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: 16 March 2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader NO
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 180997 2.82000 GBP 2.7750 GBP
10p ordinary Sell 151686 2.85000 GBP 2.77280 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 Long 1291 2.80878077 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 12 2.85 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 1088 2.80509951 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 4770 2.8007 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 5378 2.79020454 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 7201 2.804691 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 7537 2.801907 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 19978 2.79176794199119 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 924 2.77283961904762 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 9919 2.801322 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 14237 2.81495778 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 18928 2.78866837 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 2 2.805 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 2137 2.815 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 5754 2.814859 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 449 2.814855 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 4218 2.81486 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 23390 2.81565 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 5797 2.7977906 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 4021 2.80709971 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 2963 2.81469666 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 83 2.80047340192771 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 17069 2.80200513 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 6216 2.81397924710425 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 4211 2.80913559748278 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 94055 2.815 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 2000 2.813575 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 27253 2.798738 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 4281 2.80326559 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 1400 2.78864285714286 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 2203 2.809319 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 452 2.80316084 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 720 2.81195833333333 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: 17 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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