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

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RNS Number : 4472W  Barclays PLC  12 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:                                                        11 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:                                                        42,147,644          2.62%            1,539,655               0.08%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        164,289             0.01%            39,756,935              2.47%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    42,311,933          2.63%            41,296,590              2.55%
 (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                                1,060,593                            5.8700  GBP             5.8600  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       Sale                                    1,525,841                            5.8700  GBP             5.8600  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                     50,000                  5.8650  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,408                   5.8676  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     18,634                  5.8534  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,103                   5.8575  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     779                     5.8605  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     96,926                  5.8617  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,057                   5.8619  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     55,979                  5.8620  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,029                   5.8625  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6,141                   5.8628  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     9,844                   5.8629  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,063                   5.8633  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     28,881                  5.8638  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,450                   5.8639  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     31,974                  5.8641  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     26,385                  5.8644  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,435                   5.8645  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     26,137                  5.8647  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,948                   5.8649  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     141,884                 5.8650  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     738                     5.8654  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,594                   5.8694  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     60,000                  5.8529  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     532                     5.8600  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     163,596                 5.8614  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     186                     5.8634  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     74                      5.8635  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     767                     5.8644  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,768                  5.8645  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     64,055                  5.8648  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,077                   5.8649  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     22,390                  5.8650  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     55,492                  5.8652  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     93,810                  5.8655  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     41,525                  5.8663  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,640                   5.8664  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     58,239                  5.8617  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     19,361                  5.8634  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     16                      5.8637  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Short                     165,680                 5.8650  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Short                     21,437                  5.8677  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:                                                                        12 Mar 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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