Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SENIOR PLC

RNS Number : 8178M

Barclays PLC

17 July 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:				16 Jul 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:			22,772,269	5.43%	5,128,796	1.22%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,147,740	1.23%	22,830,034	5.44%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			27,920,009	6.66%	27,958,830	6.67%
(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		93,064		2.8999 GBP	2.8894 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		189,638		2.9000 GBP	2.8897 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		Increasing Long		854	2.8942 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,992	2.8913 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,892	2.8900 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,654	2.8949 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,608	2.8900 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,918	2.8901 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		24,620	2.8917 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		31,730	2.8897 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,419	2.8900 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		18,865	2.8948 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,215	2.8952 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,423	2.8921 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		325	2.8913 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		82	2.8913 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,321	2.8955 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		250	2.8942 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		918	2.8942 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		611	2.8916 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,348	2.8950 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,538	2.8950 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,770	2.8947 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,275	2.8950 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,288	2.8949 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		178	2.8916 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		666	2.8916 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,369	2.8950 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		350	2.8962 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,685	2.8900 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,615	2.8900 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,329	2.8900 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,154	2.8950 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,600	2.8950 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,833	2.8950 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		577	2.8950 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,942	2.8950 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:				17 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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Market Cap	£66.88bn

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SENIOR PLC

Date	17 Jul 2026
Time	09:15:37
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	8178M