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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: | 26 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" | NO
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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
| 159195 | 2.76027 GBP | 2.70245 GBP |
10p ordinary | Sell
| 246293 | 2.76313 GBP | 2.70245 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 | 16952 | 2.759862 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 100 | 2.7516 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 62339 | 2.74 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 1084 | 2.74727 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 574 | 2.74849985 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 11236 | 2.76 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 3729 | 2.725209 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 953 | 2.7572088 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 2125 | 2.74649965 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 12545 | 2.74282702291112 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 26626 | 2.75172012318786 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 6796 | 2.7475 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 41161 | 2.73 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 22954 | 2.744528 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 2 | 2.7375 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 2432 | 2.75986 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 130 | 2.725735 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 24138 | 2.73819082 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 5599 | 2.7599586 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 100 | 2.763134 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 28 | 2.73884709 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 41161 | 2.73 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 1 | 2.725 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 62 | 2.73322581 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 1877 | 2.7263945 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 923 | 2.760271 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 3936 | 2.74044904 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 13554 | 2.74610466 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 62295 | 2.74 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 6796 | 2.7475 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 18 | 2.76 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 19301 | 2.73935042 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 3729 | 2.726035 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: | 27 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
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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