REG - Barclays PLC Schroders PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SCHRODERS PLC
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RNS Number : 0827Z Barclays PLC 01 April 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: 31 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: 40,828,543 2.53% 1,455,717 0.09%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 301,987 0.02% 39,395,674 2.45%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 41,130,530 2.55% 40,851,391 2.54%
(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 2,247,000 5.7700 GBP 5.7393 GBP
20p ordinary Sale 2,552,890 5.7700 GBP 5.7350 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 100,000 5.7510 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 90,514 5.7604 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 74 5.7350 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,358 5.7400 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2 5.7423 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 21,578 5.7450 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 50,828 5.7460 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,952 5.7467 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 275,653 5.7482 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,155 5.7488 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 160,777 5.7491 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 28,013 5.7498 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,001 5.7509 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,884 5.7511 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,156 5.7529 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 48,664 5.7540 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 353 5.7544 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 136 5.7546 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 61,502 5.7598 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 30,766 5.7599 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 34,721 5.7610 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,961 5.7631 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,037 5.7635 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 74 5.7393 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 65,046 5.7449 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 95,118 5.7450 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,613 5.7480 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,570 5.7507 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,361 5.7509 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 428 5.7533 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 93,699 5.7537 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 42,976 5.7548 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,446 5.7556 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 141,264 5.7564 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 486 5.7583 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 18,573 5.7592 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,466 5.7599 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,071 5.7604 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,961 5.7606 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,890 5.7613 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 49,235 5.7614 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 57 5.7643 GBP
20p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 14,218 5.7650 GBP
20p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 6,843 5.7509 GBP
20p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 3,071 5.7535 GBP
20p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 80,307 5.7574 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: 01 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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