REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Schroders PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Schroders plc

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RNS Number : 1337V  JPMorgan Securities Plc  03 March 2026

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

 

 (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                                            J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form  Schroders plc
 relates:

      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is        Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker to Schroders plc
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    02 March 2026
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    N/A
 making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

 

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

 

 Class of relevant security  Purchases/ sales  Total number of securities  Highest price per unit paid/received  Lowest price per unit paid/received

 20p ordinary                Purchase          2,678,226                   5.8650 GBP                            5.8532 GBP
                             Sale              822,297                     5.8650 GBP                            5.8500 GBP

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit

                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
                                                  position
 20p ordinary                Equity Swap          Decrease Long                                                                  1,007                           5.8606 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,659                          5.8608 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,519                           5.8647 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,293                           5.8650 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 800                             5.8525 GBP
                                                                                                                                 35,004                          5.8550 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,808                           5.8571 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,576                           5.8574 GBP
                                                                                                                                 41,952                          5.8578 GBP
                                                                                                                                 256                             5.8597 GBP
                                                                                                                                 76,010                          5.8601 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,366                           5.8607 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,657                           5.8610 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,606                           5.8611 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,430                           5.8639 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,153                           5.8646 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,257                           5.8647 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,447                           5.8648 GBP
                                                                                                                                 40,093                          5.8649 GBP
                                                                                                                                 431,368                         5.8650 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  696                             5.8580 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,465                           5.8594 GBP
                                                                                                                                 21,485                          5.8624 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 182,717                         5.8554 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,254                           5.8559 GBP
                                                                                                                                 22,650                          5.8572 GBP
                                                                                                                                 250,000                         5.8579 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,333                           5.8584 GBP
                                                                                                                                 244,763                         5.8604 GBP
                                                                                                                                 226                             5.8606 GBP
                                                                                                                                 29                              5.8607 GBP
                                                                                                                                 148,080                         5.8614 GBP
                                                                                                                                 56,961                          5.8623 GBP
                                                                                                                                 11,373                          5.8625 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,200                           5.8626 GBP
                                                                                                                                 727,155                         5.8629 GBP
                                                                                                                                 509                             5.8630 GBP
                                                                                                                                 325,566                         5.8650 GBP
                                                                                                                                 56,667                          5.8651 GBP
                                                                                                                                 59,671                          5.8654 GBP
                                                                                                                                 909                             5.8656 GBP

 

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

 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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit

                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit

                             e.g. call option

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)

                             e.g. subscription, conversion

 

3.         OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing 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:

 Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If
 there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
 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 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"
 None

 

 

 Date of disclosure:  03 March 2026
 Contact name:        Hetvi Shah
 Telephone number:    44 2034 936359

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.

 

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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .

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