Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Senior plc

UBS AG (EPT)

12 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 relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Senior plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Advent International Limited
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	11 March 2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	NA

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	161114	3.01238        GBP	2.97500        GBP
10p ordinary	Sell	320767	3.01384        GBP	2.97269        GBP

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	23335	3.0        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5526	2.99485        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5494	2.99479068074263        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	21206	3.01383570684243        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	13688	2.9933750025        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1565	3.00110011        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	16126	2.995        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	631	2.99412585        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3159	2.995935        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	50	2.99        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5784	2.99949995        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	10968	2.99476021        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11189	3.00510948483957        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	562	3.00291815        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	613	2.97269603        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1670	2.996589        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6172	2.98674335376377        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	10714	2.97849788        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	12264	2.99378409287345        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	27039	2.98625901        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	19311	2.97499974108021        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4221	2.99500118455342        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2775	2.9949981981982        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	37274	3.01        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	12697	2.97500039379381        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11620	2.975        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4601	2.99500108672028        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	37274	3.01        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	817	2.99        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	624	2.99360359        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	13280	2.99858697        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1570	2.99442675159236        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1913	2.995        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1090	2.997344        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4929	2.975937        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4102	2.9958869        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	43628	2.975        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	23333	3.0        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	124	2.98554046        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3348	2.995149        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	11597	2.99499956885401        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 e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)

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:	12 March 2026
Contact name:	Richard Howard
Telephone number:	[phone]

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 [e-mail]

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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