Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SCHRODERS PLC

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:

16 Feb 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:

16,421,737

1.02%

3,113,702

0.19%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

1,788,537

0.11%

14,215,574

0.88%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

18,210,274

1.13%

17,329,276

1.08%

(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

2,840,832

5.8700 GBP

5.8500 GBP

20p ordinary

Sale

915,493

5.8700 GBP

5.8498 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

99,449

5.8499 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

113,200

5.8500 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,132

5.8502 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,716

5.8504 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

38,545

5.8517 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

63,331

5.8522 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,392

5.8526 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,811

5.8527 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

58,081

5.8535 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,050

5.8538 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

78,655

5.8539 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,413

5.8544 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16,521

5.8547 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

164

5.8549 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

46,186

5.8551 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

142,302

5.8556 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,840

5.8563 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,333

5.8565 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,408

5.8570 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,893

5.8571 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,115

5.8574 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

231

5.8576 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,812

5.8583 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,118

5.8586 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,005

5.8594 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

37,800

5.8595 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,123

5.8597 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,341

5.8600 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10

5.8610 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,013

5.8615 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26

5.8617 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

674,034

5.8500 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

103,452

5.8502 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,416

5.8511 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

159,688

5.8512 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,000,000

5.8529 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23,335

5.8535 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,597

5.8542 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

80,335

5.8543 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,012

5.8545 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,597

5.8550 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,163

5.8552 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

88,949

5.8556 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,620

5.8558 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

64,067

5.8561 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30,280

5.8562 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,847

5.8564 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

135,820

5.8566 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,570

5.8575 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,773

5.8581 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,501

5.8588 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,236

5.8601 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

200,000

5.8619 GBP

20p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,843

5.8635 GBP

20p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

4,299

5.8498 GBP

20p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

9,666

5.8500 GBP

20p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

44,443

5.8516 GBP

20p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

4,659

5.8564 GBP

20p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

88,347

5.8504 GBP

20p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

9,616

5.8568 GBP

20p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

20,739

5.8573 GBP

20p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,447

5.8607 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:

17 Feb 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213