LONDON (Dow Jones)--Schroders Plc (SDR.LN), announced Thursday it acquired 40,000 of its non-voting ordinary shares at an average price of 1034.4927 pence per share. MAIN FACTS: -The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. -Shares closed Thursday at 1239 pence -By Zechariah Hemans, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9411; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 22, 2010 12:44 ET (16:44 GMT)