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RNS Number : 8419Z UBS AG (EPT) 09 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: 08 April 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 5767749 2.93500 GBP 2.85000 GBP
10p ordinary Sell 4849138 2.92020 GBP 2.85643 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 1118 2.86442754919499 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 200000 2.9172 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1354 2.86246577 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 28386 2.90454837 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 18376 2.909675 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 15173 2.85841627 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 11913 2.86495703 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4077 2.92020419 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 914 2.89260801 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4135316 2.865 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3758 2.9041731 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5595 2.8828 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 118 2.86296610169492 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 28778 2.87202429 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5985 2.90647368759398 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2250 2.86 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 124133 2.8680893074715 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3960 2.86959996 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 454 2.87050005 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 259 2.915 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 169900 2.86413831665686 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 43299 2.86442712302825 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4601 2.86302542925451 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2549 2.86442918791683 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 270 2.86303703703704 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 31033 2.86416135 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 18821 2.865 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 29976 2.86 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 32878 2.86161099224284 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3780 2.86591167 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 173 2.86349932 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 460630 2.865113 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 371636 2.8634234 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 263429 2.906273 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 72571 2.86135564 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 6934 2.865043 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3014 2.86504298 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2500 2.874311 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 491 2.86443992 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 4438 2.86213102748986 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 39487 2.86840586455688 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 107 2.8625 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 14399 2.86038162372387 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 144216 2.92081739 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2353 2.88 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 8412 2.85 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 10000 2.9275 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 4000 2.935 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 4000 2.93 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 4000 2.925 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 259 2.870039 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 500000 2.8670055 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 800000 2.922044 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1748293 2.90896327 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 500000 2.86023694 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 150000 2.860429 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 10000 2.920438 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2940 2.8609 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 690 2.8611 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 500000 2.8733 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: 09 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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