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UBS Investment Bank, London, an exempt principal trader connected to Advent International Limited, undertook dealings in Senior plc's 10p ordinary shares on 09 March 2026. The firm purchased 140,128 shares and sold 485,585 shares, both at prices between 2.93500 GBP and 2.99560 GBP. Additionally, UBS increased long positions on 387,832 cash-settled derivative reference securities and reduced long positions on 39,632 cash-settled derivative reference securities in Senior plc 10p ordinary shares.
| Date | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Time | 11:55:00 |
| Category | Holding(s) in company |
| ID | 2520W |
This announcement replaces the previous RNS announcement 0793W released at 11:55 on the 10th of March 2026. Amendments to section 2a. All other information remains unchanged.
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
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(a) Name of exempt principal trader: |
UBS Investment Bank, London |
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(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree |
Senior plc |
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(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: |
Advent International Limited |
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(d) Date dealing undertaken: |
09 March 2026 |
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(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" |
NA
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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
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Class of relevant security |
Purchases/ sales
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Total number of securities |
Highest price per unit paid/received |
Lowest price per unit paid/received |
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10p ordinary |
Buy
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140128 |
2.99560 GBP |
2.93500 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
Sell
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485585 |
2.99560 GBP |
2.93500 GBP |
(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 |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
1409 |
2.97413023633783 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
4272 |
2.964853 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
1 |
2.975 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
14760 |
2.965 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
2443 |
2.959675 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
8440 |
2.985 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
45383 |
2.9707351 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
36496 |
2.97449529 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
21632 |
2.96744 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
18754 |
2.97489922 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
70 |
2.9747025 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
6790 |
2.9792 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
1766 |
2.97058724380521 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
345 |
2.97747101373913 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
20622 |
2.96514280865096 GBP |
|
10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
398 |
2.97494974869347 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
1247 |
2.98395348636728 GBP |
|
10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
25352 |
2.96844991 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
4013 |
2.97180018 GBP |
|
10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
5501 |
2.9898264 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
1146 |
2.944869 GBP |
|
10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
1221 |
2.97330033 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
30421 |
2.96479274185595 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
20479 |
2.97873528984326 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
105579 |
2.984512 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Increasing a long position |
6790 |
2.97374963 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Reducing a long position |
992 |
2.965 GBP |
|
10p ordinary |
CFD
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Reducing a long position |
1 |
2.975 GBP |
|
10p ordinary |
CFD
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Reducing a long position |
9448 |
2.965148 GBP |
|
10p ordinary |
CFD
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Reducing a long position |
2034 |
2.97917334 GBP |
|
10p ordinary |
CFD
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Reducing a long position |
8440 |
2.985 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Reducing a long position |
8037 |
2.96504448 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Reducing a long position |
2052 |
2.97946146 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Reducing a long position |
6987 |
2.97497066 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Reducing a long position |
1364 |
2.9789527 GBP |
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10p ordinary |
CFD
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Reducing a long position |
277 |
2.970757 GBP |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(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 |
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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) |
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3. OTHER INFORMATION
(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 " |
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None
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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" |
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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
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.