Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SCHRODERS PLC

Feb 17 2026 10:08 GMTSource: RNS

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Barclays PLC

17 February 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				SCHRODERS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				SCHRODERS PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				16 Feb 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:				20p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			16,421,737	1.02%	3,113,702	0.19%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,788,537	0.11%	14,215,574	0.88%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			18,210,274	1.13%	17,329,276	1.08%
(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
20p ordinary		Purchase		2,840,832		5.8700 GBP	5.8500 GBP
20p ordinary		Sale		915,493		5.8700 GBP	5.8498 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		99,449	5.8499 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		113,200	5.8500 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,132	5.8502 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,716	5.8504 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38,545	5.8517 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		63,331	5.8522 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,392	5.8526 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,811	5.8527 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		58,081	5.8535 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,050	5.8538 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		78,655	5.8539 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,413	5.8544 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,521	5.8547 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		164	5.8549 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		46,186	5.8551 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		142,302	5.8556 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,840	5.8563 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,333	5.8565 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,408	5.8570 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,893	5.8571 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,115	5.8574 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		231	5.8576 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,812	5.8583 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,118	5.8586 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,005	5.8594 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37,800	5.8595 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,123	5.8597 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,341	5.8600 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10	5.8610 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,013	5.8615 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26	5.8617 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		674,034	5.8500 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		103,452	5.8502 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,416	5.8511 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		159,688	5.8512 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,000,000	5.8529 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,335	5.8535 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,597	5.8542 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		80,335	5.8543 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,012	5.8545 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,597	5.8550 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,163	5.8552 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		88,949	5.8556 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,620	5.8558 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		64,067	5.8561 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,280	5.8562 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,847	5.8564 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		135,820	5.8566 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,570	5.8575 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,773	5.8581 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,501	5.8588 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,236	5.8601 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200,000	5.8619 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,843	5.8635 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		4,299	5.8498 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		9,666	5.8500 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		44,443	5.8516 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		4,659	5.8564 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		88,347	5.8504 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		9,616	5.8568 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		20,739	5.8573 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,447	5.8607 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 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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