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:

19 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:

8,106,719

1.93%

1,068,218

0.25%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

894,034

0.21%

8,097,027

1.93%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

9,000,753

2.15%

9,165,245

2.19%

(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

430,161

2.7700 GBP

2.6950 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

571,585

2.7850 GBP

2.6950 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

Decreasing Short

125,105

2.7188 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,249

2.7125 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,559

2.7130 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,857

2.7132 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,684

2.7147 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,316

2.7149 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

31,217

2.7150 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,700

2.7160 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,757

2.7167 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

27,665

2.7173 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,412

2.7183 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,906

2.7195 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

32,995

2.7212 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,077

2.7215 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,000

2.7268 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,545

2.7285 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,020

2.7334 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

634

2.7798 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,408

2.7077 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,661

2.7085 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,277

2.7100 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,192

2.7147 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,352

2.7148 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

72,283

2.7150 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,837

2.7283 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,531

2.7288 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,423

2.7310 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100

2.7650 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,200

2.7700 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

7,233

2.7472 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

9,143

2.7172 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:

20 Mar 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213