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REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Schroders PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- Schroders plc Amend

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RNS Number : 3754T  JPMorgan Securities Plc  17 February 2026

AMENDMENT

 

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:                                            J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form  Schroders plc
 relates:

      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is        Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker to Schroders plc
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    12 February 2026
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    N/A
 making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "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          15,909,996                  5.9500 GBP                            5.8529 GBP
                             Sale              8,563,072                   5.9500 GBP                            5.8650 GBP

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit

                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
                                                  position
 20p ordinary                Equity Swap          Decrease Long                                                                  362,375                         5.8693 GBP

                                                                                                                                 262                             5.8728 GBP

                                                                                                                                 27,735                          5.8753 GBP

                                                                                                                                 95,203                          5.8754 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,721                           5.8756 GBP

                                                                                                                                 30,015                          5.8762 GBP

                                                                                                                                 50,261                          5.8766 GBP

                                                                                                                                 8,012                           5.8772 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,987                           5.8778 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,709                           5.8788 GBP

                                                                                                                                 635,664                         5.8790 GBP

                                                                                                                                 328                             5.8796 GBP

                                                                                                                                 34,859                          5.8797 GBP

                                                                                                                                 303,900                         5.8801 GBP

                                                                                                                                 48,668                          5.8816 GBP

                                                                                                                                 11,800                          5.8823 GBP

                                                                                                                                 173,623                         5.8840 GBP

                                                                                                                                 378                             5.8856 GBP

                                                                                                                                 142,791                         5.8860 GBP

                                                                                                                                 929                             5.8870 GBP

                                                                                                                                 291,339                         5.8905 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,691                           5.8996 GBP

                                                                                                                                 356,979                         5.9035 GBP

                                                                                                                                 440,000                         5.9097 GBP

                                                                                                                                 821,055                         5.9111 GBP

                                                                                                                                 199,326                         5.9140 GBP

                                                                                                                                 239,953                         5.9148 GBP

                                                                                                                                 4,961                           5.9200 GBP

                                                                                                                                 240,732                         5.9463 GBP

                                                                                                                                 500,000                         5.8544 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 9,241                           5.8675 GBP

                                                                                                                                 12,878                          5.8746 GBP

                                                                                                                                 73,355                          5.8749 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,547                           5.8750 GBP

                                                                                                                                 53,412                          5.8754 GBP

                                                                                                                                 28,681                          5.8776 GBP

                                                                                                                                 71,966                          5.8787 GBP

                                                                                                                                 15,800                          5.8804 GBP

                                                                                                                                 726,324                         5.8812 GBP

                                                                                                                                 416,394                         5.8813 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,013                           5.8825 GBP

                                                                                                                                 17,772                          5.8827 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3,978                           5.8830 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,394                           5.8832 GBP

                                                                                                                                 156,881                         5.8833 GBP

                                                                                                                                 59                              5.8849 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,980                           5.8865 GBP

                                                                                                                                 20,880                          5.8892 GBP

                                                                                                                                 34,874                          5.8913 GBP

                                                                                                                                 338                             5.8999 GBP

                                                                                                                                 40,754                          5.9007 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,755,100                       5.9024 GBP

                                                                                                                                 89,184                          5.9270 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                  260,993                         5.8736 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,232                           5.8743 GBP

                                                                                                                                 78,271                          5.8785 GBP

                                                                                                                                 4,284                           5.8788 GBP

                                                                                                                                 26,169                          5.8791 GBP

                                                                                                                                 932                             5.8794 GBP

                                                                                                                                 24,173                          5.8809 GBP

                                                                                                                                 17,559                          5.8810 GBP

                                                                                                                                 14,216                          5.8837 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,660                           5.8846 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,428                           5.8872 GBP

                                                                                                                                 34                              5.9100 GBP

                                                                                                                                 400                             5.9122 GBP

                                                                                                                                 254                             5.9251 GBP

                                                                                                                                 10,853                          5.8797 GBP

                                                                                                                                  111                            5.8798 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                 9,241                           5.8675 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,028                           5.8735 GBP

                                                                                                                                 7,119                           5.8749 GBP

                                                                                                                                 60,328                          5.8751 GBP

                                                                                                                                 392                             5.8754 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,687                           5.8756 GBP

                                                                                                                                 92,474                          5.8760 GBP

                                                                                                                                 9,014                           5.8762 GBP

                                                                                                                                 35,815                          5.8769 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3                               5.8782 GBP

                                                                                                                                 17,500                          5.8785 GBP

                                                                                                                                 50,000                          5.8788 GBP

                                                                                                                                 79,478                          5.8792 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,151                           5.8796 GBP

                                                                                                                                 96,829                          5.8801 GBP

                                                                                                                                 902                             5.8806 GBP

                                                                                                                                 12,267                          5.8816 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,300,000                       5.8829 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3,027                           5.8884 GBP

                                                                                                                                 37,999                          5.8910 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,743                           5.8918 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,468                           5.8924 GBP

                                                                                                                                 87,728                          5.8945 GBP

                                                                                                                                 22,267                          5.8966 GBP

                                                                                                                                 16,643                          5.8984 GBP

                                                                                                                                 19,965                          5.9026 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,251                           5.9033 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,185                           5.9044 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,535                           5.9075 GBP

                                                                                                                                 220,835                         5.8925 GBP

                                                  Opening a long position                                                        47,989                          5.8832 GBP

                                                                                                                                 62,690                          5.8872 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,026                           5.8882 GBP

                                                                                                                                 11,676                          5.8995 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,865                           5.9305 GBP

                                                  Opening a short position                                                       44,982                          5.8633 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,579                           5.8691 GBP

                                                                                                                                 124,707                         5.8741 GBP

                                                                                                                                 48,794                          5.8750 GBP

                                                                                                                                 515                             5.8751 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3,743                           5.8752 GBP

                                                                                                                                 74,130                          5.8854 GBP

                                                                                                                                 13,352                          5.8865 GBP

                                                                                                                                 500,000                         5.8881 GBP

                                                                                                                                 470,000                         5.8944 GBP

                                                                                                                                 31,232                          5.8709 GBP

                                                                                                                                  940,665                        5.8785 GBP

                                                                                                                                  124,641                        5.8803 GBP

                                                                                                                                  940,495                        5.8835 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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit

                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit

                             e.g. call option

 

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

 

 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)

                             e.g. subscription, conversion

 

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:  17 February 2026
 Contact name:        Hetvi Shah
 Telephone number:    44 2034 936359

 

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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .

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