LONDON (Dow Jones)--Schroders Plc (SDR.LN), announced Tuesday it acquired 20,000 of its non-voting ordinary shares at an average price of 997.407575 pence per share. MAIN FACTS: -The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. -Shares closed Tuesday at 1194 pence -By Zechariah Hemans, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9411; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 20, 2010 12:40 ET (16:40 GMT)