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RNS Number : 2537W UBS AG (EPT) 11 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: 10 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 99977 3.03333 GBP 2.98000 GBP
10p ordinary Sell 160760 3.03333 GBP 2.99000 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 1 3.005 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1 2.99 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1481 3.019851 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 375 3.02 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2437 3.00905288 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1310 3.0199547 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 750 3.004453 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 292 3.01510274 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 10045 3.00972930542558 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 20044 3.00593744 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 14653 3.00645464742715 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5655 3.00696342 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3548 3.00495493 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1702 3.009011 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 11271 3.0125 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4657 3.01350035 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 7643 3.0175769 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2925 3.012781 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1239 3.01260026 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 19200 3.01610468753643 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 6490 3.019849 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 17162 3.02 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1 2.9752975 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2089 3.0205665 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 6199 3.01545451 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 250 3.0137564208 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 6405 3.01944028431694 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 4377 3.01404614832991 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1814 3.0042556 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 16102 3.011866 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 456 3.02061403508772 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 81 3.01567901234568 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: 11 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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