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RNS Number : 3385X UBS AG (EPT) 19 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: 18 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 116480 2.82014 GBP 2.77908 GBP
10p ordinary Sell 159749 2.82000 GBP 2.77500 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 21563 2.82 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 2043 2.80021781693588 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 2215 2.79393566557562 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 11168 2.81463129078617 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 9318 2.78744909110002 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 1473 2.7871827 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 28 2.775 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 632 2.81871835443038 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 700 2.8015 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 3932 2.81986 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 212 2.819858 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 61 2.809425 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 32493 2.8199577 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 11495 2.81995737 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 4594 2.819959 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 102 2.77717323 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 27 2.793704 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 4816 2.807304 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 4691 2.7918 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 2496 2.78881611 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 1 2.79 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 22 2.810017 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 640 2.81 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 84 2.80028 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 359 2.8027855 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 5441 2.80216576 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 10010 2.80830017 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 700 2.79 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 3 2.7952795 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 3 2.8202256 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 693 2.82 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 9406 2.820141 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 523 2.81337476 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 19426 2.800039 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 23570 2.80459954 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: 19 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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