Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-LondonMetric & Schroder REIT Ltd.


    20 April 2026 11:21:38
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RNS Number : 1501B
JPMorgan Securities Plc
20 April 2026
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:             

J.P. Morgan Securities Plc

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

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:

Financial advisor to a consortium comprising LondonMetric Property plc and Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

17 April 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 this offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

Yes, Picton Property Income Limited

 

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

(a)        Purchases and sales

 



Class of relevant security

Purchases/ sales

 

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

LondonMetric 10p ordinary

Purchase

1,054,212

1.9930 GBP

1.9392 GBP


Sale


1,202,611


1.9930 GBP


1.9400 GBP

 



Class of relevant security

Purchases/ sales

 

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

Schroder REIT ordinary NPV

Purchase

76,470

0.5125 GBP

0.4996 GBP


Sale


231,142


0.5120 GBP


0.4980 GBP

 

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 



Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

LondonMetric 10p ordinary

Equity Swap

Decrease Long

17,100

1.9656 GBP



4

1.9832 GBP



1,293

1.9872 GBP



1

1.9882 GBP

 


Decrease Short


1,261


1.9514 GBP



624

1.9567 GBP



26,433

1.9614 GBP



656

1.9644 GBP



25,997

1.9658 GBP



703

1.9659 GBP



16,731

1.9674 GBP



26,329

1.9702 GBP



15,032

1.9790 GBP



47,501

1.9829 GBP



254,136

1.9830 GBP



26,925

1.9834 GBP



22,267

1.9841 GBP



14,116

1.9857 GBP



1,600

1.9890 GBP



5,489

1.9893 GBP

 


Increase Long


79,197


1.9609 GBP



79,355

1.9702 GBP



12,554

1.9804 GBP



14,267

1.9829 GBP



943

1.9880 GBP



6,445

1.9895 GBP

 


Increase Short


3,980


1.9417 GBP



6,009

1.9463 GBP



403

1.9495 GBP



574

1.9561 GBP



4,527

1.9621 GBP



38,209

1.9677 GBP



204

1.9679 GBP



15,610

1.9711 GBP



64,464

1.9761 GBP



8,617

1.9773 GBP



43,279

1.9830 GBP



98,422

1.9839 GBP



13,491

1.9842 GBP



41,620

1.9847 GBP



55

1.9851 GBP

 


Opening a long position


30,217


1.9793 GBP



5,765

1.9840 GBP



14,928

1.9871 GBP



2,888

1.9879 GBP

 


Opening a short position


11,944


1.9436 GBP



1,835

1.9483 GBP



14,928

1.9568 GBP



62,872

1.9830 GBP

 



Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

Schroder REIT ordinary NPV

Equity Swap

Decrease Short

172,481

0.5104 GBP

 


Increase Short


17,809


0.4996 GBP

 

 

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit









 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit






 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.         OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing 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:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

 

 

 

Date of disclosure:

20 April 2026

Contact name:

Hetvi Shah

Telephone number:

44 2034 936359

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service. 

 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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