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RNS Number : 4574Z Barclays PLC 07 April 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: 02 Apr 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: 10,676,161 0.46% 12,243,001 0.52%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 12,760,867 0.54% 7,441,714 0.32%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
23,437,028 1.00% 19,684,715 0.84%
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: 1,515,641 0.31% 182,628 0.04%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 0 0.00% 1,373,594 0.28%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
1,515,641 0.31% 1,556,222 0.32%
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 1581871 1.8790 GBP 1.8167 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary Sale 2562056 1.8780 GBP 1.8310 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Purchase 104524 0.4820 GBP 0.4705 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Sale 104460 0.4806 GBP 0.4705 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 6,273 1.8488 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 12,249 1.8501 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 13,170 1.8515 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,024 1.8523 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 12,116 1.8524 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 7,572 1.8556 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 25,700 1.8562 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 40,449 1.8596 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 377,758 1.8601 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 7,524 1.8602 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 45,292 1.8607 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 129,679 1.8615 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 42,559 1.8636 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 48,810 1.8671 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,118 1.8676 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 68,393 1.8677 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 197,322 1.8679 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 374,272 1.8680 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,040 1.8686 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,092 1.8698 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,960 1.8703 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,785 1.8167 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 10,500 1.8178 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,255 1.8260 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 766 1.8358 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 6,668 1.8509 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 17,242 1.8555 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 16 1.8578 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 9 1.8587 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 14 1.8624 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 10,865 1.8631 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 80,656 1.8675 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 101,864 1.8680 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,278 1.8683 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 31,520 1.8724 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2 1.8730 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 20 0.4742 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 15 0.4785 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 445 0.4784 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 1,523 0.4785 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 414 0.4791 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 2,103 0.4805 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 3,047 1.8509 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 16,812 1.8683 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 67,557 1.8288 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 32,763 1.8646 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 34,084 1.8680 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 64,221 1.8681 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: 07-Apr-26
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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