REG - Barclays PLC LondonMetric Schroder Real Estate - Form8.5EPT/NonRIACONSORTIUMCOMPRISINGLONDONMETRICP
27/03/2026 11:15
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RNS Number : 4711Y Barclays PLC 27 March 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 A CONSORTIUM COMPRISING LONDONMETRIC PROPERTY PLC AND SCHRODER REAL ESTATE
INVESTMENT TRUST LIMITED
relevant securities this form relates:
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt A CONSORTIUM COMPRISING LONDONMETRIC PROPERTY PLC AND SCHRODER REAL ESTATE
INVESTMENT TRUST LIMITED
principal trader is connected
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 26 Mar 2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal YES:
trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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: 12,037,435 0.51% 7,642,628 0.33%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 8,241,618 0.35% 9,721,188 0.41%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
20,279,053 0.86% 17,363,816 0.74%
TOTAL:
Class of relevant security: Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 1,451,428 0.30% 195,728 0.04%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 0 0.00% 1,325,879 0.27%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
1,451,428 0.30% 1,521,607 0.31%
TOTAL:
(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 Purchase/sale Total number of Highest price per unit Lowest price per unit
security
securities
paid/received
paid/received
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary Purchase 2346899 1.8120 GBP 1.7911 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary Sale 1389747 1.8145 GBP 1.7912 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Purchase 76504 0.4720 GBP 0.4635 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Sale 21013 0.4792 GBP 0.4635 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product description Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant
reference
unit
security
securities
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1 1.7960 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 11,882 1.7992 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,581 1.7993 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,304 1.7994 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3 1.7996 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 24,925 1.8003 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 5,411 1.8006 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 78 1.8030 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 41,860 1.8037 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 35,510 1.8039 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 38,570 1.8047 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1 1.8100 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,045 1.8108 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 50,568 1.8278 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 978 1.7911 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 586 1.7950 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 22,901 1.7964 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 23,225 1.7972 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 129,910 1.7975 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 143,196 1.7985 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 17,220 1.7987 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,254 1.7988 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 145,679 1.7998 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 68,300 1.8005 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 130,618 1.8009 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 321,423 1.8010 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,214 1.8011 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 42,801 1.8018 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 40,155 1.8026 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 17,600 1.8027 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 13,143 1.8029 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 42,427 1.8060 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 593,522 1.8214 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 1 0.4930 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 53,897 0.4655 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 1 0.4670 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 6,185 0.4677 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 3 0.4678 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 1 0.4715 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 4,862 0.4665 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Opening Long 200,863 1.8009 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 82,815 1.8012 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 142,447 1.8017 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 5,892 1.8028 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 24,042 1.8095 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 2 1.8100 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 94,038 1.7972 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 232,770 1.8010 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 24,567 1.8011 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 2,715 1.8039 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: 27 Mar 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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