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RNS Number : 9076E Barclays PLC 19 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 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: 18 May 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: 11,046,625 0.47% 6,153,103 0.26%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 7,164,599 0.31% 7,889,032 0.34%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
18,211,224 0.78% 14,042,135 0.60%
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: 1,521,021 0.31% 654,513 0.13%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 98,028 0.02% 1,079,109 0.22%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
1,619,049 0.33% 1,733,622 0.35%
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 1286509 1.8466 GBP 1.8140 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary Sale 1170741 1.8460 GBP 1.8130 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Purchase 24093 0.4742 GBP 0.4607 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Sale 57699 0.4742 GBP 0.4610 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 Decreasing Short 81,517 1.8235 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 12,585 1.8238 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 549 1.8249 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 62,865 1.8254 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,999 1.8266 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 28,378 1.8280 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 40,709 1.8304 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,787 1.8322 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 16,474 1.8359 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,086 1.8400 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 35,098 1.8416 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,021 1.8417 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,389 1.8419 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 51,602 1.8420 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 12,762 1.8423 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,524 1.8174 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 86,353 1.8183 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,326 1.8194 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,596 1.8226 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,630 1.8239 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,333 1.8240 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,923 1.8267 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,335 1.8281 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 413 1.8303 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 48 1.8310 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,713 1.8347 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 27,023 1.8369 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 16,835 1.8372 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 13,459 1.8377 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 57,104 1.8385 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 28,907 1.8419 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,148 1.8420 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 25,047 1.8421 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,837 1.8423 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,623 1.8434 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 18,685 0.4650 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 78 0.4685 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 25 0.4687 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 2,016 0.4690 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 2,278 0.4610 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 5,398 0.4629 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 17,871 0.4715 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Increasing Short 1,242 0.4607 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Increasing Short 6,487 0.4690 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Increasing Short 664 0.4720 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 1,468 1.8129 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 3,352 1.8248 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 3,633 1.8297 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Opening Short 156,537 1.8304 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 29,648 1.8420 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,417 1.8421 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: 19 May 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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