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RNS Number : 3014Y  UBS AG (EPT)  26 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:                                                                25 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               239880                      2.78083        GBP                    2.75027        GBP

 10p ordinary                Sell              367242                      2.79500        GBP                    2.75000        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                                                                           30209                           2.76440764        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           3228                            2.77996        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           5681                            2.77786657        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           6615                            2.7799583        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           26962                           2.77551962        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           1362                            2.7750514        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           5408                            2.779861        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           15000                           2.76        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           5257                            2.78        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           12                              2.795        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           1100                            2.77        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           217                             2.78250025        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           199                             2.77397        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           1313                            2.777693        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           1666                            2.773619        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           31597                           2.77941        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           461                             2.786642        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           1681                            2.770559        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           698                             2.77649965        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           32266                           2.77175052520207        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Long                                                                           7795                            2.77013951145093        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Short                                                                          16710                           2.77283767        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Short                                                                          4983                            2.780138        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Short                                                                          36                              2.775        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Short                                                                          590                             2.7643644        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Short                                                                          18787                           2.77310707        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Short                                                                          3817                            2.77999997        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Short                                                                          1022                            2.75027397        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Short                                                                          20335                           2.78        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Short                                                                          970                             2.76        GBP

 10p ordinary                CFD                  Short                                                                          698                             2.755        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:  26 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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