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RNS Number : 0793W UBS AG (EPT) 10 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 Senior plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is Advent International Limited
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 09 March 2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader NA
making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
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 140128 2.99560 GBP 2.93500 GBP
10p ordinary Sell 478795 2.99560 GBP 2.93500 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1409 2.97413023633783 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4272 2.964853 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1 2.975 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 14760 2.965 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2443 2.959675 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 8440 2.985 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 45383 2.9707351 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 36496 2.97449529 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 21632 2.96744 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 18754 2.97489922 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 70 2.9747025 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 6790 2.9792 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1766 2.97058724380521 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 345 2.97747101373913 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 20622 2.96514280865096 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 398 2.97494974869347 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1247 2.98395348636728 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 25352 2.96844991 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4013 2.97180018 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5501 2.9898264 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1146 2.944869 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1221 2.97330033 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 30421 2.96479274185595 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 20479 2.97873528984326 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 105579 2.984512 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 992 2.965 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1 2.975 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 9448 2.965148 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2034 2.97917334 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 8440 2.985 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 8037 2.96504448 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2052 2.97946146 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 6987 2.97497066 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1364 2.9789527 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 277 2.970757 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 Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
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: 10 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
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk (mailto:monitoring@disclosure.org.uk)
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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/) .
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