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J.P. Morgan Securities Plc, an exempt principal trader and financial adviser/corporate broker to Schroders plc, filed an Amendment Form 8.5 Public Dealing Disclosure on 19 June 2026. This disclosure details dealings undertaken on 26 May 2026 in Schroders plc's 20p ordinary securities. The firm purchased 385,859 securities and sold 453,965 securities, with prices ranging from 5.8244 GBP to 5.8400 GBP. Additionally, J.P. Morgan Securities Plc engaged in cash-settled equity swap transactions, decreasing positions referencing 322,187 securities and increasing positions referencing 233,286 securities.
| Date | 19 Jun 2026 |
| Time | 17:19:31 |
| Category | Holding(s) in company |
| ID | 0947J |
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
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(a) Name of exempt principal trader: |
J.P. Morgan Securities Plc |
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(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree |
Schroders plc |
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(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: |
Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker to Schroders plc |
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(d) Date dealing undertaken: |
26 May 2026 |
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(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" |
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
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Class of relevant security |
Purchases/ sales
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Total number of securities |
Highest price per unit paid/received |
Lowest price per unit paid/received |
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20p ordinary |
Purchase |
385,859 |
5.8400 GBP |
5.8264 GBP |
Sale |
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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Class of relevant security |
Product description e.g. CFD |
Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position |
Number of reference securities |
Price per unit |
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20p ordinary |
Equity Swap |
Decrease Long |
1,615 |
5.8306 GBP |
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6,100 |
5.8283 GBP |
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244 |
5.8287 GBP |
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8,488 |
5.8293 GBP |
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728 |
5.8294 GBP |
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66 |
5.8298 GBP |
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48,264 |
5.8299 GBP |
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240,257 |
5.8300 GBP |
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1,574 |
5.8301 GBP |
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3,374 |
5.8313 GBP |
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392 |
5.8319 GBP |
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114 |
5.8320 GBP |
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894 |
5.8321 GBP |
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1,362 |
5.8324 GBP |
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8,949 |
5.8326 GBP |
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169 |
5.8332 GBP |
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10,008 |
5.8281 GBP |
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10,404 |
5.8300 GBP |
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9,671 |
5.8301 GBP |
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638 |
5.8307 GBP |
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700 |
5.8321 GBP |
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196,611 |
5.8322 GBP |
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3,284 |
5.8324 GBP |
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181 |
5.8326 GBP |
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157 |
5.8347 GBP |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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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 e.g. American, European etc. |
Expiry date |
Option money paid/ received per unit |
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(ii) Exercise
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Class of relevant security |
Product description e.g. call option |
Exercising/ exercised against |
Number of securities |
Exercise price per unit |
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
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Class of relevant security |
Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion |
Details |
Price per unit (if applicable) |
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3. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
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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" |
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None
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
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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" |
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None
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Date of disclosure: |
19 June 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.