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

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RNS Number : 0551W  JPMorgan Securities Plc  10 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:                                                    09 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          1,611,562                   5.8565 GBP                            5.8500 GBP
                             Sale              560,896                     5.8561 GBP                            5.8494 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                                                                  7,059                           5.8520 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,214                           5.8526 GBP
                                                                                                                                 60,579                          5.8545 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,517                           5.8556 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 3,286                           5.8494 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,085                           5.8497 GBP
                                                                                                                                 45,729                          5.8499 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,476                           5.8500 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,300                           5.8504 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,516                           5.8507 GBP
                                                                                                                                 21,506                          5.8509 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,388                           5.8519 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,822                           5.8521 GBP
                                                                                                                                 109                             5.8528 GBP
                                                                                                                                 30,317                          5.8529 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,894                           5.8533 GBP
                                                                                                                                 39,600                          5.8538 GBP
                                                                                                                                 244                             5.8544 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,953                           5.8548 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,189                           5.8549 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  914                             5.8502 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12,454                          5.8509 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,937                           5.8544 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 4,244                           5.8500 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,955                           5.8501 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6                               5.8502 GBP
                                                                                                                                 45                              5.8503 GBP
                                                                                                                                 250,000                         5.8504 GBP
                                                                                                                                 141,706                         5.8506 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,925                           5.8508 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12,747                          5.8510 GBP
                                                                                                                                 20,855                          5.8525 GBP
                                                                                                                                 131                             5.8529 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,054                          5.8530 GBP
                                                                                                                                 188,845                         5.8535 GBP
                                                                                                                                 142,060                         5.8549 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,629                           5.8550 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,688                           5.8552 GBP
                                                                                                                                 100,000                         5.8554 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,170                           5.8558 GBP
                                                                                                                                 277,030                         5.8565 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:  10 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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