Form8.5EPT/NonRIACONSORTIUMCOMPRISINGLONDONMETRICP

Barclays PLC
28 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

 relevant securities this form relates:

 A CONSORTIUM COMPRISING LONDONMETRIC PROPERTY PLC AND SCHRODER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST LIMITED

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

 principal trader is connected

 A CONSORTIUM COMPRISING LONDONMETRIC PROPERTY PLC AND SCHRODER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST LIMITED

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

27 Apr 2026

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

 trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

YES:

 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:

10,807,605

0.46%

6,123,121

0.26%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

6,932,841

0.30%

7,051,558

0.30%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

17,740,446

0.76%

13,174,679

0.56%

 








Class of relevant security:

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV


Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,558,231

0.32%

327,263

0.07%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

0

0.00%

1,365,952

0.28%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

1,558,231

0.32%

1,693,215

0.35%

 








(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

 security

Purchase/sale

Total number of

 securities

Highest price per unit

 paid/received

Lowest price per unit

 paid/received

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

Purchase

2068466

1.9215  GBP

1.9130  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

Sale

2207706

1.9220  GBP

1.9080  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

Purchase

68896

0.4820  GBP

0.4779  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

Sale

73396

0.4922  GBP

0.4785  GBP

 








(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

250,343

1.9080  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3

1.9133  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

136,260

1.9158  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18

1.9170  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

61,956

1.9176  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

41

1.9180  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,955

1.9182  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

102,979

1.9184  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

46

1.9191  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,190

1.9196  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

47,926

1.9197  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

50,679

1.9199  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

743,342

1.9200  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

433,120

1.9137  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

134

1.9140  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,660

1.9149  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,094

1.9152  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

18,569

1.9158  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

22,005

1.9160  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,794

1.9165  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

136,289

1.9166  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

85,434

1.9175  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

243,696

1.9179  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

72,467

1.9187  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,949

1.9188  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,408

1.9191  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

47,323

1.9198  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

50,949

1.9199  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

161,721

1.9200  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

232

1.9201  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12

0.4796  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4

0.4800  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

672

0.4780  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

5,234

0.4818  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

78

0.4775  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

26

1.9123  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

5,683

1.9134  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

241

1.9198  GBP

 








(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

 of

 relevant

 security

Product

 description

Writing,

 purchasing,

 selling,

 varying etc

Number

 of

 securities

 to which

 option

 relates

Exercise

 price

 per unit

Type

Expiry

 date

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit

 

 

 

 

 

 








(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 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:

28 Apr 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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