Form8.5EPT/NonRIACONSORTIUMCOMPRISINGLONDONMETRICP

Barclays PLC
02 September 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:

 

01 Sep 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:

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

 

Interests

Short Positions

 

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

1,073,660

0.22%

1,944,293

0.40%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

1,944,293

0.40%

1,053,557

0.22%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

3,017,953

0.62%

2,997,850

0.61%

Class of relevant security:

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

 

Interests

Short Positions

 

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

17,868,422

0.76%

7,500,421

0.32%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

7,951,864

0.34%

12,522,313

0.53%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

25,820,286

1.10%

20,022,734

0.85%

(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

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

Purchase

243,506

0.4317  GBP

0.4272  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

Purchase

3,059,675

1.8900  GBP

1.8345  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

Sale

525,159

0.4330  GBP

0.4263  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

Sale

3,467,923

1.8750  GBP

1.8345  GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

 

reference

unit

security

 

 

securities

 

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,673

1.8480  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

67

1.8426  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,697

1.8421  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

87,969

1.8558  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,327

1.8494  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,789

1.8496  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

78,148

1.8400  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

696,366

1.8400  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,342

0.4255  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

29,597

1.8411  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

38,698

1.8400  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

18

0.4255  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

29,708

1.8399  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

21,811

1.8399  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,600

1.8617  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

205,476

0.4310  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

952

1.8400  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

20,851

1.8898  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

5,000

0.4339  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,073

1.8398  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

76,007

1.8399  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,474

0.4275  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

143,332

1.8452  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

24,589

1.8415  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,380

1.8650  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

69,254

1.8411  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,266

1.8404  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

46

1.8560  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,682

1.8409  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,274

1.8404  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,126

1.8402  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,674

1.8480  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,240

1.8408  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

334

1.8402  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

796

1.8402  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,885

1.8480  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

25,569

1.8400  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,315

1.8404  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,002

1.8399  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100

1.8380  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,214

1.8400  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,091

0.4300  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

223

1.8530  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,909

0.4255  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

44,097

1.8785  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

47,795

1.8600  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,380

0.4300  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,064

1.8396  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

5,616

1.8395  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,508

1.8404  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

11

1.8900  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,710

1.8404  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,317

1.8399  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

26,106

1.8403  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,490

1.8399  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,326

1.8404  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

279

1.8470  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

65,908

1.8425  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

43,269

1.8425  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,905

1.8398  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

0.4255  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

230,810

1.8400  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

76,901

1.8457  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

64

1.8695  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,119

1.8404  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,389

1.8600  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

906

1.8400  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,512

0.4255  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

41,160

1.8443  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3

1.8530  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,161

1.8479  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,610

0.4295  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

47,112

1.8403  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

58

1.8420  GBP

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,826

0.4280  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

317

1.8400  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

93,033

1.8546  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,162

1.8405  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,105

1.8395  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

153,133

1.8400  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

29,583

1.8448  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

55,252

1.8558  GBP

LondonMetric Property plc 10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

154,757

1.8433  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:

02 Sep 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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