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RNS Number : 4803X  Barclays PLC  20 March 2026

 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

 

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