Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SCHRODERS PLC

Mar 26 2026 07:00 BSTSource: RNS

RNS Number : 1615Y

Barclays PLC

26 March 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:				24 Mar 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:			38,938,029	2.41%	1,473,226	0.09%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			314,724	0.02%	37,537,585	2.33%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			39,252,753	2.43%	39,010,811	2.42%
(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		1,225,276		5.7500 GBP	5.7200 GBP
20p ordinary		Sale		1,368,599		5.7500 GBP	5.7167 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		100,000	5.7167 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		104,428	5.7338 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		503,287	5.7214 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36,463	5.7243 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,683	5.7257 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,977	5.7267 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,921	5.7271 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,968	5.7296 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,162	5.7297 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,712	5.7303 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,574	5.7308 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,617	5.7311 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,239	5.7316 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,157	5.7328 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		107,407	5.7333 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,716	5.7334 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,269	5.7335 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,584	5.7341 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52,098	5.7344 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		167	5.7345 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,075	5.7347 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		72,641	5.7350 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,389	5.7237 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,451	5.7252 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,853	5.7256 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10	5.7300 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		48,295	5.7302 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		43,740	5.7310 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,904	5.7314 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		71,229	5.7319 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26	5.7321 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		280	5.7329 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		783	5.7331 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,553	5.7342 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,677	5.7350 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,456	5.7367 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,809	5.7383 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		18,283	5.7262 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		113,565	5.7300 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		53,650	5.7302 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		71,797	5.7336 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		213,605	5.7350 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		11,442	5.7371 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:				26 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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