4th Mar 2026 11:55
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: | 03 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
| 2533187 | 3.02630 GBP | 2.91500 GBP |
10p ordinary | Sell
| 923245 | 3.00130 GBP | 2.91500 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 | 2658 | 2.95015367577126 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 210 | 2.9550005 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 4900 | 2.94558775510204 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 57626 | 2.955 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 28529 | 2.95674291 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 154 | 2.95915584 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 20053 | 2.944095 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 9654 | 2.96273617 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 7434 | 2.9748935 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 5259 | 2.94357482 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 2528 | 2.940246 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 1584 | 2.95308892 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 25351 | 2.94721717 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 5081 | 2.95096241 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 10000 | 2.95 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 1234 | 2.94794165 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 709 | 2.95549955 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 18563 | 2.9483861 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 2371 | 2.94538169548714 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 22993 | 2.957542 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 42804 | 2.951978 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 36883 | 2.9452 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 6308 | 2.955 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 6707 | 2.95929327568212 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 3559 | 2.955148 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 110 | 2.966545 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 319 | 2.9552 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 98089 | 2.97518549 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 28610 | 2.95504433 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 8120 | 2.93249061661981 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 10629 | 2.93961583 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 10193 | 2.96779245 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 6971 | 2.960384 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 925 | 2.94517838 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 4165 | 2.93249175656645 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 6497 | 2.9519367686917 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 10000 | 2.9625 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 567 | 2.94606597 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 10144 | 2.94516341 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 23294 | 2.95580352935091 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 13448 | 2.96431458449137 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 8576 | 2.9575947 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 3245 | 2.95927889060092 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 17755 | 2.979525 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 1638514 | 3.02629942 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 165048 | 2.9628642 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: | 04 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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