Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Senior Plc

UBS AG (EPT)
07 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:

            02 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

 

906692

2.89515        GBP

2.84142        GBP

10p ordinary

Sell

 

244038

2.89500        GBP

2.84000        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

47626

2.895        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Increasing a long position

100

2.8473        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Increasing a long position

13253

2.86220403        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Increasing a long position

5000

2.84        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Increasing a long position

27004

2.855344        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Increasing a long position

5918

2.85474104        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Increasing a long position

2

2.845        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Increasing a long position

23836

2.8577185        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Increasing a long position

8958

2.8908414301161        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Increasing a long position

8849

2.84401486        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Increasing a long position

20098

2.87378408        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Increasing a long position

9335

2.848556        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Increasing a long position

5042

2.86855017912138        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Increasing a long position

9789

2.85138829        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Increasing a long position

1994

2.88612578906219        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Increasing a long position

14416

2.84570391        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

80

2.8892        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

7917

2.89249975        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

12009

2.8659        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

2

2.8451        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

25015

2.866525        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

10254

2.895144        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

174

2.845623        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

15159

2.895        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

3090

2.88071036        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

10408

2.895145        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

9000

2.855        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

26466

2.84284        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

587

2.895043        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

5016

2.847785        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

10826

2.85696818        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

26067

2.89504343        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

45286

2.85436792        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

63196

2.85528546        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

83444

2.8452845        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

500000

2.84142        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

1248

2.892103        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

1159

2.89339966        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Reducing a long position

1600

2.8782        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:

07 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

 

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.

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