REG - Barclays PLC Senior PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SENIOR PLC

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01/05/2026 08:45

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RNS Number : 7829C  Barclays PLC  01 May 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                                              ZEUS UK BIDCO LIMITED (A NEWLY FORMED COMPANY TO BE INDIRECTLY CONTROLLED BY
                                                                                                                INVESTMENT FUNDS ADVISED BY AFFILIATES OF TINICUM INCORPORATED AND BLACKSTONE
                                                                                                                INC.)
                  principal trader is connected
 (d)              Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                        30 Apr 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:                                                        20,439,016          4.87%                        3,468,633                    0.83%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        3,365,073           0.80%                        20,308,910                   4.84%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%                        0                            0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    23,804,089          5.68%                        23,777,543                   5.67%
 (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                                2,490,004                                        2.8571  GBP                  2.8472  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       Sale                                    956,705                                          2.8550  GBP                  2.8450  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                                 85,621                       2.8538  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                                 500,000                      2.8478  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                                 2,444                        2.8450  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                                 51,866                       2.8477  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                                 457                          2.8500  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                                 27,686                       2.8547  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                                 2,700                        2.8548  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                                 200                          2.8549  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                                 10,738                       2.8600  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                                 4,680                        2.8476  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                                 9,751                        2.8481  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                                 11,472                       2.8494  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                                 193,445                      2.8500  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                                 2,766                        2.8502  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                                 13,993                       2.8513  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                                 229,947                      2.8522  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                                 1,955                        2.8526  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                                 5,154                        2.8534  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                                 205,256                      2.8535  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                                 52,986                       2.8549  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                                 240,570                      2.8550  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Long                                  23,328                       2.8474  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Decreasing Long                                  54,624                       2.8504  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Decreasing Long                                  60,627                       2.8525  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Decreasing Long                                  44,646                       2.8538  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Decreasing Long                                  31,014                       2.8550  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Opening Short                                    77,903                       2.8484  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:                                                                        01 May 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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