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RNS Number : 4596Y UBS AG (EPT) 27 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: 26 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 159195 2.76027 GBP 2.70245 GBP
10p ordinary Sell 246293 2.76313 GBP 2.70245 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 16952 2.759862 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 100 2.7516 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 62339 2.74 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 1084 2.74727 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 574 2.74849985 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 11236 2.76 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 3729 2.725209 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 953 2.7572088 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 2125 2.74649965 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 12545 2.74282702291112 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 26626 2.75172012318786 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 6796 2.7475 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 41161 2.73 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 22954 2.744528 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 2 2.7375 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 2432 2.75986 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 130 2.725735 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 24138 2.73819082 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 5599 2.7599586 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 100 2.763134 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 28 2.73884709 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 41161 2.73 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 1 2.725 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 62 2.73322581 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 1877 2.7263945 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 923 2.760271 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 3936 2.74044904 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 13554 2.74610466 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 62295 2.74 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 6796 2.7475 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 18 2.76 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 19301 2.73935042 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 3729 2.726035 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: 27 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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