Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SCHRODERS PLC

Barclays PLC

16 June 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:				15 Jun 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:			32,429,656	2.01%	1,155,964	0.07%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			8,620	0.00%	31,089,652	1.93%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			32,438,276	2.01%	32,245,616	2.00%
(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		811,925		5.8600  GBP	5.8338  GBP
20p ordinary		Sale		619,752		5.8452  GBP	5.8325  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 Long		1,052	5.8373  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		298	5.8373  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,084	5.8349  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		107	5.8451  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31	5.8345  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29	5.8345  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37,798	5.8350  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		75	5.8350  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		327	5.8350  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		76	5.8359  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,159	5.8354  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		87,332	5.8351  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,597	5.8352  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,097	5.8350  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		183	5.8600  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,397	5.8367  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,954	5.8367  GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		21,622	5.8363  GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		637	5.8353  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15	5.8350  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,492	5.8369  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,342	5.8350  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		91	5.8350  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		278	5.8350  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,076	5.8397  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		222	5.8397  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,334	5.8377  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,272	5.8377  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	5.8350  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,911	5.8364  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,368	5.8356  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		87,305	5.8350  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		231	5.8450  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,163	5.8362  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,031	5.8413  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		152	5.8375  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		384	5.8439  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,102	5.8361  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		611	5.8414  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,049	5.8373  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,084	5.8350  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,231	5.8350  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,420	5.8375  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:				16 Jun 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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