Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Senior Plc

UBS AG (EPT)

02 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 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:	01 April 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"	NO

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	568570	2.91250        GBP	2.83714        GBP
10p ordinary	Sell	943031	2.91250        GBP	2.75671        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	18	2.884911        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	553	2.88031109        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	8	2.91        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	717	2.883782        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	24300	2.8938024691358        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	177309	2.8968        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	63217	2.8971        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6037	2.88566507        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	265	2.9        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4400	2.8795        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	220	2.8799        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	75000	2.7736632        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2963	2.879855        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3599	2.88        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1	2.885        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3300	2.895        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	16254	2.903891        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	9933	2.8959257        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7838	2.8791739        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7186	2.88648885        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4147	2.886445        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2111	2.8799568        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	530	2.90971698        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7808	2.88970031        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	114605	2.79431988        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	46000	2.756709        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2867	2.88099337234391        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	27790	2.88228283555236        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	23532	2.89023605948071        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	40028	2.885623        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1059	2.875        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	30321	2.8834489        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1	2.9001        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	11836	2.891036        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5627	2.87907452        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	50632	2.88        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3300	2.895        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1	2.885        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	64	2.8854        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	281	2.8800432        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	180	2.87761111        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	174	2.89183908        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	75	2.893733        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	11198	2.88040655        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5924	2.886919        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	638	2.880047        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	121637	2.83714314        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	38968	2.86832        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	834	2.89314148681055        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:	02 April 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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