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FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
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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)
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1. KEY INFORMATION
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(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: | 13 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 Ā |
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2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
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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.
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The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
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(a) Purchases and sales
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Class of relevant security | Purchases/ sales Ā | Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received | Lowest price per unit paid/received |
10p ordinary | Buy Ā | 1201202 | 2.9075 GBP | 2.84942 GBP |
10p ordinary | Sell Ā | 3773805 | 2.9720 GBP | 2.84986 GBP |
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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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 Ā | Long | 90178 | 2.86700116 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 1034 | 2.885 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 4027 | 2.87749975 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 23832 | 2.85 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 2563 | 2.8801 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 8699 | 2.88222106046672 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 14705 | 2.89085175 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 3124 | 2.89721326 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 679 | 2.87236486 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 5000 | 2.850226 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 23529 | 2.88923286 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 3845 | 2.87670741 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 1 | 2.86 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 4 | 2.876875 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 1393 | 2.849856 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 3047 | 2.849859 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 21904 | 2.8917423 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 3205 | 2.877902 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 1128 | 2.88360036 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 323 | 2.88517027863777 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 3063 | 2.8799 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 1500000 | 2.972025 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 2000000 | 2.89223 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 10 | 2.91 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 1 | 2.913125 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 8200 | 2.8644 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Long | 1230 | 2.8619 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Short | 27454 | 2.88037699 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Short | 137 | 2.85 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Short | 1000901 | 2.872908 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Short | 10333 | 2.89881791302429 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Short | 2 | 2.8752875 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Short | 4 | 2.850228 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Short | 5611 | 2.850143 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Short | 1 | 2.86 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Short | 125 | 2.8556 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Short | 1137 | 2.85057167985928 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Short | 4755 | 2.8555730809674 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Short | 43145 | 2.85056993857921 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Short | 788 | 2.84941302 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Short | 970 | 2.87 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Short | 19649 | 2.87829194 GBP |
10p ordinary | CFD Ā | Short | 106 | 2.89693396 GBP |
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
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(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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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 |
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(ii) Exercise
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Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā Ā |
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
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Class of relevant security | Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) |
Ā | Ā Ā | Ā | Ā |
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3. OTHER INFORMATION
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(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
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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 " |
Ā None Ā |
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
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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" |
Ā None |
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| Date of disclosure: | 16 March 2026 |
| Contact name: | Richard Howard |
| Telephone number: | +44 (0)207 568 9128 |
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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
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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.
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The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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