REG - Barclays PLC LondonMetric - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI LONDONMETRIC PROPERTY PLC

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27/02/2026 11:15

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RNS Number : 7486U  Barclays PLC  27 February 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                                              PICTON PROPERTY INCOME LTD
                  principal trader is connected
 (d)              Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                        26 Feb 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:                                                        13,514,370          0.58%             5,689,091               0.24%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        5,470,016           0.23%             6,542,099               0.28%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%             0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    18,984,386          0.81%             12,231,190              0.52%
 (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                                1,558,774                             2.1280  GBP             2.1000  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       Sale                                    1,645,194                             2.1280  GBP             2.1040  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                                    Decreasing Short                      625,874                 2.1060  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                      71                      2.1153  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                      7,154                   2.1170  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                      2,190                   2.1184  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                      86,369                  2.1186  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                      6,953                   2.1187  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                      8,565                   2.1193  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                      23,985                  2.1196  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                      28,274                  2.1215  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                      56,127                  2.1237  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                      5,050                   2.1255  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                      20,965                  2.1256  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                      88,069                  2.1260  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      1,334                   2.1000  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      53,194                  2.1086  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      8,987                   2.1088  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      26,304                  2.1099  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      930                     2.1100  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      9,356                   2.1102  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      81,115                  2.1106  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      112,095                 2.1109  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      4,307                   2.1133  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      37,473                  2.1151  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      4,780                   2.1155  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      64,324                  2.1180  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      3,690                   2.1186  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      7,727                   2.1198  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      76,066                  2.1218  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      1                       2.1220  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      39,099                  2.1239  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      2                       2.1250  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      3,457                   2.1256  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      205,428                 2.1260  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      7,311                   2.1261  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      27,122                  2.1263  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                      44,575                  2.1264  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Decreasing Short                      15,032                  2.1181  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Decreasing Short                      58,615                  2.1258  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Short                      1,780                   2.1001  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Short                      11,020                  2.1086  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:                                                                        27 Feb 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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