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RNS Number : 8787Y UBS AG (EPT) 31 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: 30 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 1602957 2.83158 GBP 2.77277 GBP
10p ordinary Sell 766916 2.83501 GBP 2.77000 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 13775 2.79091760463956 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 7280 2.8 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 132019 2.81 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 24340 2.79980402629417 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 28260 2.78599575369073 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3028 2.782725 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2929 2.80914 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2183 2.79150919 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 7250 2.79978485 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 108 2.811444 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 271 2.791715 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 577 2.790584 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4239 2.799944 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 17049 2.802594 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 26996 2.79986 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 26508 2.79534555441753 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 38403 2.8170915 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3615 2.817693 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 14724 2.79239367 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 11497 2.80524484555797 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 74 2.80094595 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 21256 2.7968 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3525 2.79039879144681 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3938 2.79620619679025 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2313 2.79273670869001 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 969 2.78 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3628 2.79885680726295 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 11111 2.80368958825668 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 84 2.785 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1228 2.78192997 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 16765 2.796989 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 396003 2.8028 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 10000 2.82 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 92504 2.77277 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 9895 2.80546867 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 34574 2.7960317 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 685 2.800042 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 84767 2.8 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 735300 2.8014 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 685 2.79687591 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: 31 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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