REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Schroders PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Schroders plc Amend
26/02/2026 18:00
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RNS Number : 6066U JPMorgan Securities Plc 26 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: 24 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 6,750,577 5.8700 GBP 5.8600 GBP
Sale 5,580,113 5.8690 GBP 5.8588 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 1,923 5.8603 GBP
15,011 5.8604 GBP
1,176 5.8606 GBP
20,542 5.8610 GBP
3,084 5.8611 GBP
8,441 5.8632 GBP
Decrease Short 2,141 5.8585 GBP
36 5.8586 GBP
51,072 5.8588 GBP
2,351 5.8594 GBP
218 5.8596 GBP
63,049 5.8597 GBP
24,514 5.8598 GBP
1,999 5.8599 GBP
5,056,159 5.8600 GBP
59,834 5.8602 GBP
63,869 5.8610 GBP
44,600 5.8614 GBP
28,167 5.8620 GBP
221 5.8625 GBP
2,288 5.8628 GBP
952 5.8637 GBP
21,891 5.8643 GBP
7,430 5.8644 GBP
41 5.8645 GBP
1,671 5.8649 GBP
Increase Long 379 5.8597 GBP
1,255 5.8604 GBP
631 5.8644 GBP
Increase Short 557,121 5.8600 GBP
134,509 5.8601 GBP
233 5.8602 GBP
274,677 5.8603 GBP
30,436 5.8604 GBP
50,170 5.8606 GBP
1,398 5.8615 GBP
320,000 5.8618 GBP
1,434 5.8619 GBP
139,280 5.8621 GBP
37,947 5.8624 GBP
221 5.8625 GBP
2,068,934 5.8629 GBP
94,119 5.8631 GBP
337,182 5.8632 GBP
212,934 5.8636 GBP
141 5.8637 GBP
77,700 5.8650 GBP
1,250,000 5.8652 GBP
500,000 5.8654 GBP
41,860 5.8672 GBP
383 5.8693 GBP
Opening a short position 220,000 5.8659 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: 26 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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