4th Mar 2026 10:36
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 |
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| relevant securities this form relates: |
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(c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt | SENIOR PLC | |||||
| principal trader is connected |
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(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
| 03 Mar 2026 | ||||
(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | NO |
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| trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 10p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 2,883,562 | 0.69% | 2,782,492 | 0.66% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 2,448,172 | 0.58% | 6,051,405 | 1.44% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 5,331,734 | 1.27% | 8,833,897 | 2.11% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Total number of | Highest price per unit | Lowest price per unit | |||
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10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,418,786 | 2.9845 GBP | 2.9050 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | Sale | 762,795 | 3.0025 GBP | 2.9050 GBP | |||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 1,935 | 2.9473 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,302 | 2.9522 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 11,251 | 2.9523 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,435 | 2.9533 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 10,385 | 2.9534 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 10,620 | 2.9543 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 53,300 | 2.9545 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 42 | 2.9550 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 125,899 | 2.9579 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 60,863 | 2.9622 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 702 | 2.9628 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 30,185 | 2.9657 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 702 | 2.9849 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 287 | 2.9999 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,087 | 3.0049 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,100 | 2.9298 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 11,250 | 2.9355 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,198 | 2.9363 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 11,250 | 2.9405 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,140 | 2.9455 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,613 | 2.9463 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,802 | 2.9486 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 230 | 2.9501 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 26,274 | 2.9529 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 220,997 | 2.9543 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 245,713 | 2.9550 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,003 | 2.9551 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,000 | 2.9552 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 256,357 | 2.9563 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 45,633 | 2.9570 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 63,401 | 2.9606 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 34,122 | 2.9625 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,241 | 2.9629 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 187 | 2.9650 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 29,923 | 2.9667 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,686 | 2.9694 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 30,325 | 2.9695 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,621 | 2.9765 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,500 | 2.9845 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Opening Long | 12,919 | 2.9594 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 04 Mar 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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