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


    24 April 2026 10:59:27
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RNS Number : 8614B
JPMorgan Securities Plc
24 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:

23 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

1,344,845

1.9390 GBP

1.9187 GBP


Sale


2,798,932


1.9380 GBP


1.9185 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

2,425

0.4975 GBP

0.4975 GBP


Sale


2,425


0.4975 GBP


0.4975 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

5,401

1.9242 GBP



70,730

1.9251 GBP



6,200

1.9255 GBP



35,351

1.9276 GBP



22,506

1.9301 GBP



500

1.9369 GBP



33,577

1.9381 GBP



19,051

1.9382 GBP

 


Decrease Short


55


1.9192 GBP



385,931

1.9204 GBP



14,192

1.9227 GBP



24,788

1.9266 GBP



10,565

1.9274 GBP



103

1.9283 GBP



3,447

1.9299 GBP



4,205

1.9306 GBP



9,218

1.9348 GBP



121,952

1.9371 GBP



19,393

1.9377 GBP



1,337,482

1.9380 GBP

 


Increase Long


26,273


1.9279 GBP



558

1.9319 GBP



200

1.9320 GBP



122,687

1.9379 GBP

 


Increase Short


12,989


1.9224 GBP



7,711

1.9261 GBP



10,098

1.9281 GBP



90,930

1.9283 GBP



71,213

1.9293 GBP



9,549

1.9297 GBP



16,528

1.9330 GBP



2,429

1.9346 GBP



99,674

1.9353 GBP



68,129

1.9376 GBP



24,763

1.9380 GBP

 


Opening a long position


8,659


1.9337 GBP



28,284

1.9343 GBP



41,647

1.9380 GBP

 


Opening a short position


6,429


1.9204 GBP



22,587

1.9223 GBP



158

1.9320 GBP



12,976

1.9380 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

N/A

0

0.00

 

 

(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:

24 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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