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RNS Number : 6700Z Barclays PLC 08 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: 07 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: 10,731,868 0.46% 12,015,051 0.51%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 12,463,519 0.53% 7,806,385 0.33%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
23,195,387 0.99% 19,821,436 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: 1,558,853 0.32% 203,637 0.04%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 29,787 0.00% 1,406,302 0.29%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
1,588,640 0.32% 1,609,939 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 1795739 1.8790 GBP 1.8490 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary Sale 1512082 1.8760 GBP 1.8490 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Purchase 107801 0.4832 GBP 0.4741 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Sale 85598 0.4846 GBP 0.4735 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 104,048 1.8490 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 81,930 1.8492 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,693 1.8524 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 14,152 1.8552 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 18,899 1.8571 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,547 1.8586 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 795 1.8592 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 120 1.8598 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 346 1.8601 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 111,445 1.8618 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 334 1.8619 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 34 1.8620 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 43,210 1.8625 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,964 1.8628 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 38,220 1.8634 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 12,066 1.8652 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 12,030 1.8658 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 13,600 1.8680 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 8,539 1.8708 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 7,708 1.8716 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 58,956 1.8490 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3,960 1.8493 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 35,853 1.8508 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,291 1.8588 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 6,934 1.8632 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,559 1.8674 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,568 1.8692 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,686 1.8718 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,396 1.8757 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,017,496 1.8760 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 3,734 0.4785 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 5,826 0.4775 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 404 0.4812 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 425 0.4826 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: 08 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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