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RNS Number : 2194D Barclays PLC 06 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: 05 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: 11,080,862 0.47% 8,337,105 0.36%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 8,951,778 0.38% 7,232,527 0.31%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
20,032,640 0.85% 15,569,632 0.66%
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: 1,841,821 0.38% 649,130 0.13%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 0 0.00% 1,344,821 0.27%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
1,841,821 0.38% 1,993,951 0.41%
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 1488058 1.8980 GBP 1.8556 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary Sale 1843128 1.8929 GBP 1.8551 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Purchase 86069 0.4925 GBP 0.4809 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Sale 105162 0.4966 GBP 0.4805 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 4,691 1.8580 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 283 1.8592 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 92,984 1.8620 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,289 1.8623 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,005 1.8639 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 464,399 1.8640 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 66,388 1.8643 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,289 1.8654 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 93,688 1.8667 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 65,280 1.8676 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 30,468 1.8680 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 25,054 1.8708 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 261 1.8747 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 40,283 1.8748 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 25,749 1.8759 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 83,300 1.8764 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,384 1.8773 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,242 1.8921 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 953 1.8928 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,010 1.8929 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4 1.8977 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 94,105 1.8613 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 184,162 1.8640 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 105,870 1.8651 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,708 1.8688 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 307 1.8732 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 123 1.8738 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 12,155 1.8741 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 10,761 1.8751 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 12,538 1.8835 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 254,827 1.8910 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,779 1.8970 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 61,538 1.8980 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 5,820 0.4805 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 9,058 0.4815 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 10,130 0.4854 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 8 0.4865 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 4 0.4893 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 3,286 0.4814 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 318 0.4825 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 22,466 0.4865 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 2,007 0.5009 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Increasing Short 23,306 0.4872 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Increasing Short 235 0.4925 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 17,435 1.8584 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 31,239 1.8613 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 95,018 1.8626 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 3,456 1.9098 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 37,819 1.8585 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 938 1.8641 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 15,571 1.8932 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: 06 May 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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