Form8.5EPT/NonRIACONSORTIUMCOMPRISINGLONDONMETRICP

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 2194D
Barclays PLC
06 May 2026
 

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

 relevant securities this form relates:

 A CONSORTIUM COMPRISING LONDONMETRIC PROPERTY PLC AND SCHRODER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST LIMITED

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

 principal trader is connected

 A CONSORTIUM COMPRISING LONDONMETRIC PROPERTY PLC AND SCHRODER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST LIMITED

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

05 May 2026

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

 trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

YES:

 PICTON PROPERTY INCOME LIMITED

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:

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary


Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

11,080,862

0.47%

8,337,105

0.36%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

8,951,778

0.38%

7,232,527

0.31%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

20,032,640

0.85%

15,569,632

0.66%

 








Class of relevant security:

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV


Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,841,821

0.38%

649,130

0.13%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

0

0.00%

1,344,821

0.27%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

1,841,821

0.38%

1,993,951

0.41%

 








(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)

Purchase and sales

 






Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Total number of

 securities

Highest price per unit

 paid/received

Lowest price per unit

 paid/received

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

Purchase

1488058

1.8980  GBP

1.8556  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

Sale

1843128

1.8929  GBP

1.8551  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

Purchase

86069

0.4925  GBP

0.4809  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

Sale

105162

0.4966  GBP

0.4805  GBP

 








(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,691

1.8580  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

283

1.8592  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

92,984

1.8620  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,289

1.8623  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,005

1.8639  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

464,399

1.8640  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

66,388

1.8643  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,289

1.8654  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

93,688

1.8667  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

65,280

1.8676  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

30,468

1.8680  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

25,054

1.8708  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

261

1.8747  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

40,283

1.8748  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

25,749

1.8759  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

83,300

1.8764  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,384

1.8773  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,242

1.8921  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

953

1.8928  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,010

1.8929  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4

1.8977  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

94,105

1.8613  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

184,162

1.8640  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

105,870

1.8651  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,708

1.8688  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

307

1.8732  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

123

1.8738  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,155

1.8741  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,761

1.8751  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,538

1.8835  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

254,827

1.8910  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,779

1.8970  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

61,538

1.8980  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,820

0.4805  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,058

0.4815  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,130

0.4854  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8

0.4865  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4

0.4893  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,286

0.4814  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

318

0.4825  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

22,466

0.4865  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,007

0.5009  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

23,306

0.4872  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

235

0.4925  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

17,435

1.8584  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

31,239

1.8613  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

95,018

1.8626  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

3,456

1.9098  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

37,819

1.8585  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

938

1.8641  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

15,571

1.8932  GBP

 








(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

 of

 relevant

 security

Product

 description

Writing,

 purchasing,

 selling,

 varying etc

Number

 of

 securities

 to which

 option

 relates

Exercise

 price

 per unit

Type

Expiry

 date

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit

 

 

 

 

 

 








(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 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:

06 May 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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