REG - Barclays PLC Schroders PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SCHRODERS PLC

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10/03/2026 12:00

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RNS Number : 0823W  Barclays PLC  10 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:                                                        09 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:                                                        41,336,578          2.57%            1,275,437               0.08%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        128,298             0.01%            38,760,993              2.41%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    41,464,876          2.57%            40,036,430              2.49%
 (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                                1,667,051                            5.8600  GBP             5.8500  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       Sale                                    2,266,110                            5.8600  GBP             5.8499  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                                    Increasing Short                     15,962                  5.8514  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     231,372                 5.8554  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     25,741                  5.8497  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     113,545                 5.8499  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     56,427                  5.8500  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     10,507                  5.8501  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     67,982                  5.8512  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     46,248                  5.8515  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     512,000                 5.8516  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     239,949                 5.8527  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     22,951                  5.8531  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     42,058                  5.8533  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     10,559                  5.8535  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     30,904                  5.8536  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,013                   5.8544  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     940                     5.8545  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,817                   5.8546  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     63,186                  5.8547  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,489                   5.8548  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     13,388                  5.8549  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     37,381                  5.8550  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,145                   5.8558  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     105,272                 5.8500  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     161                     5.8520  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     24,310                  5.8524  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,442                  5.8525  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,482                   5.8531  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     38,468                  5.8538  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     44,176                  5.8542  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     52,563                  5.8548  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     21,089                  5.8550  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     33,006                  5.8552  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     13,779                  5.8554  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,146                   5.8574  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     235,000                 5.8604  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     14,635                  5.8496  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     81,471                  5.8500  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     42,725                  5.8545  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     378,938                 5.8550  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Short                     17,226                  5.8500  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Short                     370,549                 5.8550  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Short                     19,342                  5.8553  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:                                                                        10 Mar 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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