LONDON (Dow Jones)--Schroders Plc (SDR.LN), announced Thursday it acquired 53,000 of its non-voting ordinary shares at an average price of 1053.034 pence per share. MAIN FACTS: -The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. -Shares closed Thursday at 1279 pence. -By Zechariah Hemans, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9411; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 24, 2010 12:33 ET (16:33 GMT)