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RNS Number : 0899Z UBS AG (EPT) 01 April 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: 31 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 453034 2.88120 GBP 2.84496 GBP
10p ordinary Sell 352023 2.88163 GBP 2.82000 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 625 2.86049472 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 19 2.82 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 16288 2.86039207 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3973 2.86736999 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 22766 2.873138 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 15953 2.864743 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 15675 2.872642 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 31183 2.86 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 6401 2.87052326 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 6337 2.86986429 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2633 2.86742119 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 20686 2.86906578454704 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 35860 2.86537841613274 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2 2.865 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 280 2.8666 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 12582 2.8643034 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 42 2.859914 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 8921 2.863576 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4112 2.86843884 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 328 2.853476 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 28844 2.85979995839689 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 21556 2.88162506958619 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 13775 2.86402003034773 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 29609 2.86 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 5795 2.860143 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 4921 2.860142 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 26508 2.86530957666704 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 6 2.863532 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1089 2.86051423 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 142 2.866197 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 274 2.8600429 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 29 2.87034483 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 250002 2.868813 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 9293 2.86643 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2342 2.87239646 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 710 2.86389961 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 9411 2.8671045 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3 2.853433 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2251 2.868734 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 41 2.86926653 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2100 2.8601 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: 01 April 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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