Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Schroders plc

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

09 March 2026

 

FORM 8.5 Replacement
The Form 8.5 Schroders Plc announcement released on 02/03/2026 under RNS 9487U has been amended.
Amendments are identified with an asterisk (*).
The full amended text is shown below

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:	Merrill Lynch International
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	SCHRODERS PLC
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Pantheon, LLC
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	27/02/2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	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	737,124	5.864970 GBP	5.852500 GBP
20p ordinary	Sale	*704,732	5.865010 GBP	5.854996 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	842	5.857967 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1	5.858789 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	90,858	5.857967 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	14,281	5.857967 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	22,011	5.857967 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	9,601	5.857967 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	4,120	5.859707 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	2,662	5.859707 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	3,168	5.859707 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	517	5.859707 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	8,272	5.858789 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	8,272	5.857500 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	19,044	5.858789 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	4,390	5.857967 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	64,770	5.857927 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	64,770	5.862930 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	64,770	5.862930 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	25,359	5.860000 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	25,359	5.859648 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	2,662	5.865293 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	92,136	5.860105 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	4,649	5.854707 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	136	5.864589 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	127	5.864589 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	33,290	5.858789 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	1,345	5.857842 GBP
20p ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	66,917	5.857967 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 e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(ii)

Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise Price per unit
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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:	*09/03/2026
Contact name:	Kamil Dziedzic
Telephone number:	[phone]

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 [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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