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RNS Number : 7375E Barclays PLC 18 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: 15 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: 10,925,593 0.47% 6,147,839 0.26%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 7,151,441 0.30% 7,764,369 0.33%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
18,077,034 0.77% 13,912,208 0.59%
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: 1,542,162 0.32% 642,048 0.13%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 81,216 0.02% 1,100,255 0.22%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
1,623,378 0.33% 1,742,303 0.36%
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 2166047 1.8400 GBP 1.8040 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary Sale 2046940 1.8520 GBP 1.8040 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Purchase 17708 0.4768 GBP 0.4669 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Sale 45893 0.4767 GBP 0.4649 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 34,000 1.8092 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,808 1.8137 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,445 1.8151 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 15,783 1.8161 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,054 1.8192 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 22,715 1.8199 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 57,318 1.8217 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 344,052 1.8219 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 38,620 1.8220 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 15,312 1.8229 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,652 1.8247 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 97,327 1.8267 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 5,094 1.8334 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 196,179 1.8177 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 131,995 1.8189 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3,855 1.8196 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 19,980 1.8199 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 119,801 1.8203 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 12,413 1.8206 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 38,301 1.8207 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 44,566 1.8209 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 16,553 1.8217 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 379,428 1.8220 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 32,052 1.8227 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,119 1.8229 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,193 1.8230 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 77 1.8235 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 48,595 1.8255 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 97,600 1.8258 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 280 1.8291 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,555 1.8294 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 179 1.8381 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 839 1.8397 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 1,708 0.4659 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 915 0.4675 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 22 0.4677 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 3,568 0.4690 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 62 0.4690 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 1,369 0.4649 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 28,346 0.4691 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 291 0.4750 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Increasing Short 34 0.4670 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Increasing Short 4,010 0.4690 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1 1.8100 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 3,066 1.8142 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Opening Long 130,922 1.8156 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 165,372 1.8183 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 39,892 1.8218 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 45,276 1.8219 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 24,000 1.8265 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 209,870 1.8082 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 20,618 1.8189 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 19,510 1.8235 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 31,546 1.8236 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: 18 May 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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