Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI LONDONMETRIC PROPERTY PLC

Barclays PLC
19 March 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

 

LONDONMETRIC PROPERTY PLC

 

relevant securities this form relates:

 

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

LONDONMETRIC PROPERTY PLC

 

principal trader is connected

 

 

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

 

18 Mar 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:

10p ordinary

 

Interests

Short Positions

 

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

11,999,759

0.51%

12,467,551

0.53%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

12,476,621

0.53%

7,510,361

0.32%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

24,476,380

1.04%

19,977,912

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

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,862,169

1.9750  GBP

1.9330  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,830,739

1.9760  GBP

1.9330  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

1,260

1.9436  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

63,751

1.9437  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

488,090

1.9440  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

33,172

1.9452  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

102,201

1.9461  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,400

1.9462  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

23,460

1.9463  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,526

1.9464  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

180,163

1.9478  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

57,813

1.9500  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

268,078

1.9507  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

169,221

1.9508  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

80,484

1.9512  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

405,392

1.9518  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

14,008

1.9575  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,413

1.9645  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

15,519

1.9727  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,089

1.9375  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,178

1.9380  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

959

1.9391  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

38,161

1.9398  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

730

1.9423  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

25,233

1.9440  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,636

1.9482  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

34,633

1.9486  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,645

1.9495  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,019

1.9497  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

306,529

1.9506  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

25,422

1.9507  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

43

1.9519  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

110

1.9521  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,029

1.9583  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

254

1.9614  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

146

1.9616  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

48,900

1.9640  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,057

1.9660  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,942

1.9706  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

279,571

1.9730  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

56,376

1.9403  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

29,604

1.9438  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

4,620

1.9658  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,620

1.9441  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:

19 Mar 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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