Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SCHRODERS PLC

Barclays PLC

11 August 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:				10 Aug 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:			38,411,986	2.38%	2,866,276	0.18%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,706,438	0.11%	36,337,817	2.26%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			40,118,424	2.49%	39,204,093	2.43%
(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		374,978		5.8375  GBP	5.8250  GBP
20p ordinary		Sale		212,959		5.8400  GBP	5.8250  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		401	5.8331  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,298	5.8300  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		594	5.8334  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,600	5.8334  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		375	5.8329  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		229	5.8250  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52	5.8400  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,333	5.8258  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,377	5.8252  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,965	5.8287  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	5.8250  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,845	5.8299  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,801	5.8299  GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		34,281	5.8303  GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,066	5.8295  GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		57,520	5.8303  GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,655	5.8396  GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		6,761	5.8300  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,562	5.8254  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		11,315	5.8250  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		16,596	5.8250  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,294	5.8300  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		328	5.8250  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,557	5.8309  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62,359	5.8276  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28	5.8400  GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		49,500	5.8245  GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,805	5.8250  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,345	5.8321  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		183	5.8269  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,972	5.8280  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,070	5.8375  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		24,120	5.8325  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		97	5.8289  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,522	5.8252  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,361	5.8250  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		395	5.8250  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		331	5.8300  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		424	5.8278  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,586	5.8336  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,397	5.8297  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,728	5.8361  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		585	5.8250  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,019	5.8250  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		67,052	5.8250  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,102	5.8360  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,431	5.8338  GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,670	5.8274  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:				11 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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