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RNS Number : 8386W  JPMorgan Securities Plc  16 March 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:                                                    27 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          3,327,570                   5.8650 GBP                            5.8500 GBP
                             Sale              4,768,249                   5.8650 GBP                            5.8513 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                                                                  5,921                           5.8577 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,708                           5.8600 GBP
                                                                                                                                 777                             5.8606 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 2,600                           5.8517 GBP
                                                                                                                                 12,239                          5.8545 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,460                          5.8548 GBP
                                                                                                                                 25,324                          5.8550 GBP
                                                                                                                                 70,103                          5.8551 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,069                           5.8567 GBP
                                                                                                                                 30,361                          5.8568 GBP
                                                                                                                                 18,529                          5.8574 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,523                           5.8583 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,679                           5.8587 GBP
                                                                                                                                 18,987                          5.8594 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,254                           5.8596 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,685                           5.8597 GBP
                                                                                                                                 15,711                          5.8599 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,836                           5.8621 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  868                             5.8544 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 5,237                           5.8504 GBP
                                                                                                                                 137                             5.8507 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,054                           5.8552 GBP
                                                                                                                                 399                             5.8577 GBP
                                                                                                                                 335,283                         5.8579 GBP
                                                                                                                                 21,103                          5.8581 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,507                           5.8582 GBP
                                                                                                                                 52,457                          5.8583 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,006                           5.8584 GBP
                                                                                                                                 191,659                         5.8586 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,597                           5.8591 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,271                           5.8593 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,100                           5.8598 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,017,691                       5.8600 GBP
                                                                                                                                 79                              5.8601 GBP
                                                                                                                                 30,496                          5.8603 GBP
                                                                                                                                 102,531                         5.8604 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,080                           5.8606 GBP
                                                                                                                                 213,256                         5.8609 GBP
                                                                                                                                 500,000                         5.8612 GBP
                                                                                                                                 10,300                          5.8627 GBP
                                                                                                                                 170,460                         5.8629 GBP
                                                                                                                                 249                             5.8631 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:  16 March 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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