Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SENIOR PLC

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS

(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

SENIOR PLC

relevant securities this form relates:

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

A CONSORTIUM COMPRISING TINICUM INCORPORATED AND BLACKSTONE PRIVATE INVESTMENTS ADVISORS L.L.C.

principal trader is connected

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

31 Mar 2026

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

NO

trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

2.

POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree

to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:

10p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

7,363,723

1.76%

400,350

0.10%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

215,051

0.05%

7,318,927

1.75%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

7,578,774

1.81%

7,719,277

1.84%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

options)

Class of relevant security in relation to

which subscription right exists

Details, including nature of the rights

concerned and relevant percentages:

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Total number of

Highest price per unit

Lowest price per unit

security

securities

paid/received

paid/received

10p ordinary

Purchase

351,281

2.8850 GBP

2.8020 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

698,195

2.8750 GBP

2.8200 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,417

2.8682 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

36,260

2.8550 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,800

2.8569 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

200,000

2.8579 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,221

2.8582 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,160

2.8589 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

325

2.8598 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

51,801

2.8599 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

45,359

2.8600 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,849

2.8613 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,693

2.8621 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

40,550

2.8631 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,087

2.8633 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,671

2.8638 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,136

2.8647 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

987

2.8663 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

923

2.8674 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,075

2.8682 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

41,403

2.8691 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

62,147

2.8698 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26

2.8699 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,159

2.8750 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,125

2.8019 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,857

2.8600 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,635

2.8601 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

91,931

2.8636 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,468

2.8656 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,978

2.8661 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,032

2.8664 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

43,297

2.8699 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

575

2.8706 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

369

2.8749 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,000

2.8780 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,816

2.8800 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,744

2.8802 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

34,389

2.8817 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,500

2.8850 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

5,859

2.8562 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

41,132

2.8646 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

760

2.8749 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

668

2.8797 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,069

2.8783 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

money

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

paid/

security

varying etc

to which

received

option

per unit

relates

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

securities

unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

applicable)

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings 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:

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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

01 Apr 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213