Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI LONDONMETRIC PROPERTY PLC

Barclays PLC

03 April 2025

 

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				LONDONMETRIC PROPERTY PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				HIGHCROFT INVESTMENTS PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				02 Apr 2025
(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?				HIGHCROFT INVESTMENTS PLC
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:				10p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			9,370,426	0.46%	25,519,790	1.25%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			24,031,009	1.17%	4,649,504	0.23%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			33,401,435	1.63%	30,169,294	1.47%
(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)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Total number of		Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security				securities		paid/received	paid/received
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,188,643		1.8199  GBP	1.7990  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,421,703		1.8185  GBP	1.7989  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5	1.7989  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		82	1.8008  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,289	1.8045  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		966	1.8049  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,760	1.8061  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,045	1.8074  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,922	1.8081  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		208	1.8088  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	1.8100  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		269	1.8114  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,153	1.8116  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		58	1.8118  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		129,223	1.8123  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		85,976	1.8128  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		79,974	1.8134  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22,087	1.8141  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		68,443	1.8142  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		35,320	1.8146  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		62,612	1.8149  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		84,651	1.8150  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,633	1.8151  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,912	1.8158  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,143	1.8161  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,511	1.8170  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,191	1.8185  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,642	1.8021  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		31,944	1.8026  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,464	1.8027  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,459	1.8040  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		916	1.8051  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		44,343	1.8055  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,246	1.8077  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,197	1.8080  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		59,036	1.8092  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		21,000	1.8148  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		295,499	1.8150  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,609	1.8151  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		852,649	1.8184  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,891	1.8199  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,118	1.7998  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		42,843	1.8102  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		13,822	1.8151  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:				03 Apr 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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