Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Senior Plc

UBS AG (EPT)

20 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:	19 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"	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	19743	2.77000        GBP	2.69975        GBP
10p ordinary	Sell	202312	2.73107        GBP	2.69975        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	Long	808	2.72        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	1	2.71        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	7835	2.714864        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	6981	2.715        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	553	2.71074769        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	1335	2.711962        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	13496	2.71320983905157        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	64022	2.71273957        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	16363	2.71268349        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	14040	2.71502642229345        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	13382	2.71122745        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	159436	2.719688        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	23755	2.71132267        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	2	2.714263        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	138	2.711967        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	378	2.711959        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	5258	2.70860022983644        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	11696	2.71344754771546        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	2705	2.71220022        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	7943	2.7208458        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	4334	2.71340034        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	5369	2.71439        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	50	2.7096        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	2271	2.71441412        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	863	2.715        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	930	2.7151        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	1020	2.71553921568627        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	1400	2.72519285714286        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	2005	2.71412214        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	4163	2.7131453        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	679	2.7224595        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	6356	2.71881333        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	97	2.74030928        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	4166	2.72538076        GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	1	2.72        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:	20 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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