Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SCHRODERS PLC Replacement

Barclays PLC

13 March 2026

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 3396V published at 11:52 on 04/03/2026, changes made to section 2A
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:				03 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:			38,329,802	2.37%	1,449,369	0.09%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			246,837	0.02%	35,690,537	2.22%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			38,576,639	2.39%	37,139,906	2.31%
(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		846,614		5.8650  GBP	5.8488  GBP
20p ordinary		Sale		1,465,603		5.8650  GBP	5.8497  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		122,268	5.8497  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		88,678	5.8500  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		111,742	5.8512  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35,478	5.8515  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,085	5.8517  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,149	5.8518  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,313	5.8520  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,775	5.8524  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,708	5.8542  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,483	5.8549  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		526	5.8550  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34,803	5.8559  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,039	5.8560  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,201	5.8562  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,495	5.8564  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		149,096	5.8567  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,447	5.8568  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,876	5.8570  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		349,741	5.8573  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36,426	5.8575  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,789	5.8578  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35,044	5.8590  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		186	5.8600  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,367	5.8604  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		86,094	5.8500  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,583	5.8505  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		98,068	5.8510  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,391	5.8536  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,547	5.8549  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,711	5.8550  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,654	5.8559  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,346	5.8561  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,368	5.8575  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		257,654	5.8579  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,800	5.8584  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	5.8587  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,392	5.8600  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		211	5.8609  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,486	5.8617  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,450	5.8620  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,674	5.8650  GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		77,985	5.8576  GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		14,740	5.8570  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:				13 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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