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RNS Number : 6294Y Barclays PLC 30 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: 27 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: 11,227,465 0.48% 7,778,362 0.33%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 8,348,950 0.36% 8,918,468 0.38%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
19,576,415 0.84% 16,696,830 0.71%
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: 1,518,203 0.31% 207,783 0.04%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 0 0.00% 1,363,788 0.28%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
1,518,203 0.31% 1,571,571 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 1270740 1.8120 GBP 1.7750 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary Sale 2216444 1.8120 GBP 1.7750 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Purchase 126087 0.4632 GBP 0.4554 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Sale 71367 0.4678 GBP 0.4550 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 2,001 1.7817 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 79,414 1.7830 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 178 1.7860 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,832 1.7866 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 266,204 1.7868 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 171 1.7871 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 24,470 1.7878 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 1.7880 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 66,149 1.7881 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 26,379 1.7886 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 85,159 1.7891 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 61,741 1.7893 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4 1.7897 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 72,481 1.7900 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 41,906 1.7903 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,340 1.7906 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 37,824 1.7907 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 817,846 1.7910 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,999 1.7917 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 160,960 1.8004 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,880 1.8006 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 13,094 1.7807 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 49,911 1.7811 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 10,837 1.7823 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,739 1.7829 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 63,883 1.7838 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 109,790 1.7845 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 12,431 1.7848 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 233,163 1.7851 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 73,101 1.7855 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,216 1.7859 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 20,056 1.7868 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 128 1.7902 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 92,132 1.7910 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 680 1.7911 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 14,764 1.7912 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,395 1.7913 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 58,050 1.7919 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 602 1.7921 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 212,305 1.8004 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,214 1.8021 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 4,703 0.4566 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 2 0.4580 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 3,223 0.4585 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 3 0.4598 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 31,273 0.4600 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 7,735 0.4620 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 9,030 0.4590 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 37,347 1.7802 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 195,658 1.7910 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 7 1.7914 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 1,765 1.7918 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 2,480 1.8118 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 94,384 1.7842 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 13,554 1.7910 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 2,480 1.7911 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 235 1.8028 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: 30 Mar 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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