Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SCHRODERS PLC

RNS Number : 3205Y

Barclays PLC

26 March 2026

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Name of exempt principal trader:				BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				SCHRODERS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				SCHRODERS PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				25 Mar 2026
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal				NO
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.				POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:				20p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			38,114,177	2.37%	1,466,374	0.09%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			309,908	0.02%	36,568,930	2.27%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			38,424,085	2.39%	38,035,304	2.36%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Total number of		Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security				securities		paid/received	paid/received
20p ordinary		Purchase		980,369		5.7500 GBP	5.7397 GBP
20p ordinary		Sale		1,744,252		5.7500 GBP	5.7400 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100,000	5.7427 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		104,867	5.7260 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		43,836	5.7400 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,326	5.7413 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		48,663	5.7418 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		250,000	5.7432 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		250,000	5.7434 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		250,000	5.7438 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,558	5.7439 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		250,000	5.7440 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,324	5.7445 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,272	5.7450 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,515	5.7461 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,702	5.7464 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,390	5.7488 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,354	5.7495 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,072	5.7500 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,569	5.7309 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		904	5.7350 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,563	5.7397 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40,828	5.7400 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,330	5.7402 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,253	5.7412 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,242	5.7436 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		86,747	5.7439 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,795	5.7441 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,996	5.7448 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		49,905	5.7452 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,114	5.7453 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,032	5.7454 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,550	5.7456 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,430	5.7457 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,694	5.7491 GBP
20p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,900	5.7494 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		18,586	5.7446 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		136,530	5.7453 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		39,773	5.7478 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		11,776	5.7400 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		120,755	5.7450 GBP
20p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		79,546	5.7478 GBP

(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates


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


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)

4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings 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:
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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				26 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	499.45p0.56%
Market Cap	£67.07bn

Date	26 Mar 2026
Time	14:46:08
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	3205Y

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	499.45p0.56%
Market Cap	£67.07bn

Date	26 Mar 2026
Time	14:46:08
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	3205Y

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SCHRODERS PLC