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RNS Number : 3105X  Barclays PLC  19 March 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:                                                        18 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:                                                        42,306,087          2.63%            1,441,699               0.09%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        278,778             0.02%            40,321,226              2.50%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    42,584,865          2.64%            41,762,925              2.59%
 (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                                2,354,735                            5.7300  GBP             5.7200  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       Sale                                    2,559,650                            5.7311  GBP             5.7200  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                     348,679                 5.7202  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     150,000                 5.7205  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     250,000                 5.7245  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     300                     5.7199  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     94,651                  5.7200  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     28,296                  5.7221  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     971                     5.7225  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     183                     5.7229  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     15,619                  5.7235  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     291                     5.7245  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     7,618                   5.7250  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     60,244                  5.7297  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     13,375                  5.7300  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     21,095                  5.7206  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     17,631                  5.7216  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6,285                   5.7219  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     165,134                 5.7242  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     57,609                  5.7245  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,067                   5.7246  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     111,495                 5.7250  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     141,818                 5.7264  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     242,825                 5.7269  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     22,698                  5.7271  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     99,350                  5.7283  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     167                     5.7289  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     53,419                  5.7290  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     15,598                  5.7291  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     73,999                  5.7300  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     27,627                  5.7189  GBP
 20p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Short                     18,318                  5.7253  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:                                                                        19 Mar 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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