5th Mar 2026 11:59
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: | 04 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" | NA
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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
| 764346 | 3.00000 GBP | 2.91213 GBP |
10p ordinary | Sell
| 575699 | 3.00000 GBP | 2.91000 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 | 2 | 2.91 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 8457 | 2.99985 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 3110 | 2.925 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 1867 | 2.93159882163899 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 15173 | 2.94488700777697 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 7248 | 2.94658113 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 110 | 3.0 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 6640 | 2.94330434457831 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 5698 | 2.9575 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 1181 | 2.967728 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 2 | 2.94 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 1927 | 2.9487 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 704 | 2.93 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 21349 | 2.92247272 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 1800 | 2.935 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 1122 | 2.9653130039 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 46345 | 2.984575 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 17659 | 2.9647 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 2390 | 2.945 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 205 | 2.99163415 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 8120 | 2.93990517 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 84338 | 2.95104674 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 11122 | 2.998926 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 874 | 2.92969107551487 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 9699 | 2.999851 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 42280 | 2.99123711210714 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Increasing a long position | 1807 | 2.9294964028777 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Reducing a long position | 127266 | 2.94017786 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Reducing a long position | 24733 | 3.0 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Reducing a long position | 127736 | 2.94739764 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Reducing a long position | 11404 | 2.94178837 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Reducing a long position | 6298 | 2.943613 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Reducing a long position | 66054 | 2.929388 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Reducing a long position | 1 | 2.950295 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Reducing a long position | 17789 | 2.98550593078419 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Reducing a long position | 2 | 2.94 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Reducing a long position | 42804 | 2.935367 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Reducing a long position | 25584 | 2.94099291 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Reducing a long position | 13061 | 2.9375546 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Reducing a long position | 868 | 2.93371 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Reducing a long position | 17282 | 2.94099926 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Reducing a long position | 8994 | 2.919585 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 |
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(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) |
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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
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(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: | 05 March 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 [email protected]
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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