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RNS Number : 8798X  JPMorgan Securities Plc  24 March 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:                                                    23 March 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          2,364,213                   5.7350 GBP                            5.7200 GBP
                             Sale              1,645,512                   5.7325 GBP                            5.7197 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                                                                  3,531                           5.7214 GBP
                                                                                                                                 20,326                          5.7245 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,830                           5.7254 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,034                           5.7286 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 8                               5.7194 GBP
                                                                                                                                 464                             5.7197 GBP
                                                                                                                                 84,802                          5.7199 GBP
                                                                                                                                 131,155                         5.7200 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,654                           5.7209 GBP
                                                                                                                                 161                             5.7220 GBP
                                                                                                                                 17,100                          5.7221 GBP
                                                                                                                                 114,150                         5.7227 GBP
                                                                                                                                 35,745                          5.7231 GBP
                                                                                                                                 151,546                         5.7235 GBP
                                                                                                                                 105                             5.7248 GBP
                                                                                                                                 412                             5.7250 GBP
                                                                                                                                 235                             5.7252 GBP
                                                                                                                                 19,062                          5.7253 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,100                           5.7290 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  49,627                          5.7229 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,383                           5.7249 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 6,665                           5.7201 GBP
                                                                                                                                 11                              5.7206 GBP
                                                                                                                                 700,000                         5.7229 GBP
                                                                                                                                 471,334                         5.7234 GBP
                                                                                                                                 29,474                          5.7237 GBP
                                                                                                                                 129,644                         5.7250 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,938                           5.7252 GBP
                                                                                                                                 105                             5.7256 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,660                           5.7259 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,181                          5.7260 GBP
                                                                                                                                 136,047                         5.7278 GBP
                                                                                                                                 655                             5.7281 GBP
                                                                                                                                 319                             5.7292 GBP
                                                                                                                                 299                             5.7313 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:  24 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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