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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Senior Plc

24th Mar 2026 11:56

RNS Number : 9320X
UBS AG (EPT)
24 March 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:

23 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"

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

 

1056432

2.72502 GBP

2.57600 GBP

10p ordinary

Sell

 

270498

2.72502 GBP

2.57500 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

 

Long

30188

2.59957359 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

11408

2.6708 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

41371

2.693783 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

10000

2.665 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

645

2.71496606 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

3812

2.59496108 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1

2.7 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1

2.71 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

4415

2.68075990867044 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

6835

2.71495928 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1

2.67 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

10145

2.67557572 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

6807

2.706828 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

6

2.715 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

32

2.7059375 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

12

2.605 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

19159

2.7119173 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

6939

2.679015 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

189

2.71578659 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

13788

2.69962854569191 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

15827

2.6208498154565 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

64262

2.70602 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

14859

2.69444965872199 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

726

2.67130013 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

5958

2.665 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2455

2.71550713 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

3032

2.655 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2456

2.65111156 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

57520

2.666868 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

5889

2.679508 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

77309

2.607063 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

9006

2.604074 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

42560

2.6806104921 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

42560

2.6804387921 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

22531

2.715 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

21280

2.6952692669 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1385

2.715134 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

17241

2.684506 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

14269

2.715136 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

20

2.576 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

272

2.7073 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

7440

2.6806098731 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

3720

2.6952688172 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

3400

2.7095 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

230

2.68630435 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

7440

2.6804381731 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

9106

2.71856 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1516

2.645132 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

378

2.6101 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

122

2.696967 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

4720

2.69526907 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

10p ordinary

Put

Purchasing

980037

2.4 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.034 GBP

10p ordinary

Call

Purchasing

1225047

3.2 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.01 GBP

10p ordinary

Call

Selling

980037

2.9 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.1015 GBP

10p ordinary

Put

Purchasing

117596

2.4 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.034 GBP

10p ordinary

Call

Selling

117596

2.9 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.1015 GBP

10p ordinary

Call

Purchasing

146995

3.2 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.01 GBP

10p ordinary

Call

Purchasing

169962

3.2 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.01 GBP

10p ordinary

Put

Purchasing

135970

2.4 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.034 GBP

10p ordinary

Call

Selling

135970

2.9 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.1015 GBP

10p ordinary

Call

Purchasing

1855287

2.9 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.1015 GBP

10p ordinary

Call

Selling

2319109

3.2 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.01 GBP

10p ordinary

Call

Purchasing

2319109

3.2 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.01 GBP

10p ordinary

Call

Selling

1855287

2.9 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.1015 GBP

10p ordinary

Put

Selling

1855287

2.4 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.034 GBP

10p ordinary

Put

Purchasing

1855287

2.4 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.034 GBP

10p ordinary

Call

Selling

44749

2.9 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.1015 GBP

10p ordinary

Put

Purchasing

44749

2.4 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.034 GBP

10p ordinary

Call

Purchasing

55936

3.2 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.01 GBP

10p ordinary

Call

Selling

576935

2.9 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.1015 GBP

10p ordinary

Call

Purchasing

721169

3.2 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.01 GBP

10p ordinary

Put

Purchasing

576935

2.4 GBP

American

19 June 2026

0.034 GBP

 

(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:

24 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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