REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Schroders PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Schroders plc
16/02/2026 11:30
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RNS Number : 1870T JPMorgan Securities Plc 16 February 2026
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: 13 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 10,448,656 5.8824 GBP 5.8429 GBP
Sale 5,729,353 5.8850 GBP 5.8450 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 2,369 5.8514 GBP
32,203 5.8523 GBP
154 5.8526 GBP
149,500 5.8534 GBP
3,909 5.8535 GBP
8,044 5.8536 GBP
2,069 5.8550 GBP
820 5.8554 GBP
308 5.8556 GBP
6,872 5.8616 GBP
3 5.8633 GBP
6,825 5.8635 GBP
44,463 5.8636 GBP
Decrease Short 54,650 5.8465 GBP
78 5.8494 GBP
202,606 5.8498 GBP
59,689 5.8512 GBP
11,584 5.8513 GBP
7,044 5.8514 GBP
1,647 5.8519 GBP
21,166 5.8520 GBP
65,520 5.8522 GBP
2,324 5.8523 GBP
2,175 5.8524 GBP
8,245 5.8529 GBP
199,219 5.8535 GBP
1,714 5.8546 GBP
21,240 5.8549 GBP
8,961 5.8550 GBP
111 5.8571 GBP
26,605 5.8594 GBP
315,550 5.8604 GBP
51,942 5.8638 GBP
208,798 5.8660 GBP
1,207 5.8706 GBP
11,584 5.8800 GBP
31,875 5.8842 GBP
10,009 5.8548 GBP
Increase Long 307 5.8541 GBP
1,007 5.8547 GBP
2,477 5.8573 GBP
3,567 5.8615 GBP
3 5.8667 GBP
Increase Short 300,000 5.8429 GBP
950,000 5.8444 GBP
313 5.8482 GBP
453,000 5.8494 GBP
537,091 5.8499 GBP
15,798 5.8504 GBP
415,732 5.8507 GBP
25,570 5.8531 GBP
100,000 5.8532 GBP
1,146 5.8539 GBP
630,000 5.8544 GBP
107,850 5.8547 GBP
6,472 5.8551 GBP
53,700 5.8561 GBP
82 5.8563 GBP
51,000 5.8573 GBP
4,105 5.8576 GBP
86,316 5.8612 GBP
11,258 5.8629 GBP
3,661 5.8646 GBP
4,849 5.8649 GBP
1,201 5.8651 GBP
11,584 5.8800 GBP
546 5.8806 GBP
Opening a long position 10,605 5.8697 GBP
735 5.8698 GBP
Opening a short position 1,000,000 5.8429 GBP
8,089 5.8550 GBP
45,000 5.8581 GBP
3,251 5.8752 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 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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