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RNS Number : 4108A Barclays PLC 14 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: 13 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: 11,652,958 0.50% 9,326,553 0.40%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 9,614,137 0.41% 7,464,617 0.32%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
21,267,095 0.91% 16,791,170 0.72%
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: 1,614,131 0.33% 290,796 0.06%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 0 0.00% 1,383,970 0.28%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
1,614,131 0.33% 1,674,766 0.34%
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 726875 1.9070 GBP 1.8900 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary Sale 1303446 1.9045 GBP 1.8896 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Purchase 21400 0.4920 GBP 0.4850 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV Sale 45793 0.4920 GBP 0.4850 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 32,702 1.8896 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 70,923 1.8897 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,839 1.8898 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 226,827 1.8900 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 15,111 1.8913 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,073 1.8924 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,908 1.8934 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 14,592 1.8946 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 605 1.8948 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 92,185 1.8955 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 55,441 1.8962 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 178 1.8972 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 10,139 1.8976 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,096 1.8978 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,010 1.8986 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 23,519 1.8997 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 97,281 1.8900 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 7,800 1.8901 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,314 1.8903 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 12,815 1.8942 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 800 1.8950 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 9,728 1.8989 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 131,491 1.8990 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,510 1.8997 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,020 1.9015 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,779 1.9040 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 363 1.9047 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,888 1.9050 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3,472 1.9070 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 299 1.9080 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 118 0.4901 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Decreasing Short 47 0.4906 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 1,133 0.4850 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 10,514 0.4860 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 3,644 0.4862 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV SWAP Increasing Short 4,500 0.4920 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 1,077 0.4859 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 9,942 0.4919 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Decreasing Short 15,029 0.4920 GBP
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV CFD Increasing Short 21 0.4871 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 18,151 1.8899 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 275,033 1.8900 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 19,429 1.8928 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 120,499 1.8962 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 6,622 1.8967 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 1,919 1.9078 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 1,919 1.8901 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 23,650 1.8945 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 72,485 1.8970 GBP
LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 9,020 1.9020 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: 14 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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