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RNS Number : 5151B Barclays PLC 22 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: 21 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: 10,264,567 0.44% 8,196,399 0.35%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 8,909,595 0.38% 6,284,838 0.27%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
19,174,162 0.82% 14,481,237 0.62%
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: 1,542,835 0.32% 284,084 0.06%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 0 0.00% 1,322,764 0.27%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
1,542,835 0.32% 1,606,848 0.33%
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 3135247 1.9570 GBP 1.9294 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary Sale 712782 1.9583 GBP 1.9303 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Purchase 31898 0.5050 GBP 0.5005 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Sale 77136 0.5050 GBP 0.4985 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 300 1.9303 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 134,965 1.9310 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 46,667 1.9325 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 299 1.9338 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 122 1.9345 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 999 1.9438 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 397 1.9445 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 20,957 1.9484 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 121,675 1.9487 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,736 1.9500 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 51,452 1.9504 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 387 1.9507 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 5,029 1.9509 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 497 1.9510 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,903 1.9527 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 866 1.9538 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,434 1.9540 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 937 1.9550 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,736 1.9555 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 21,196 1.9558 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,736 1.9560 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 41 1.9294 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,298,884 1.9310 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,428 1.9311 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 20,543 1.9313 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 92,479 1.9326 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 26,534 1.9332 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,303 1.9350 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 48,096 1.9358 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 72,027 1.9378 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 68 1.9383 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 20,393 1.9390 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 132 1.9393 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 8,813 1.9401 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 6,591 1.9409 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 100 1.9440 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 8,514 1.9448 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 12,173 1.9497 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,736 1.9500 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 168,206 1.9507 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,097,336 1.9510 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3,100 1.9540 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,736 1.9555 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,736 1.9560 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 5,346 0.4985 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 58 0.5015 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 27 0.5038 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 69 0.5039 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 27,139 0.5050 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 29,245 0.5049 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 48,664 1.9311 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 33 1.9460 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 8,996 1.9484 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 721 1.9311 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: 22 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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