3rd Apr 2025 11:44
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:  | 
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(c)  | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt  | HIGHCROFT INVESTMENTS PLC  | |||||
  | principal trader is connected  | 
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(d)  | Date position held/dealing undertaken:  | 
  | 02 Apr 2025  | ||||
(e)  | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal  | YES:  | 
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  | trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?  | HIGHCROFT INVESTMENTS PLC  | 
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2.  | POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER  | ||||||
(a)  | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree  | 
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  | to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)  | 
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Class of relevant security:  | 10p ordinary  | ||||||
  | Interests  | Short Positions  | |||||
  | Number  | (%)  | Number  | (%)  | |||
(1)  | Relevant securities owned  | 
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  | and/or controlled:  | 
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  | 9,370,426  | 0.46%  | 25,519,790  | 1.25%  | 
(2)  | Cash-settled derivatives:  | 
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  | and/or controlled:  | 
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  | 24,031,009  | 1.17%  | 4,649,504  | 0.23%  | 
(3)  | Stock-settled derivatives (including options)  | 
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  | and agreements to purchase/sell:  | 
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  | 0  | 0.00%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 
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  | TOTAL:  | 
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  | 33,401,435  | 1.63%  | 30,169,294  | 1.47%  | 
(b)  | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive  | 
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  | options)  | 
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Class of relevant security in relation to  | 
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which subscription right exists  | 
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Details, including nature of the rights  | 
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concerned and relevant percentages:  | 
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3.  | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER  | ||||||
(a)  | Purchases and sales  | 
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Class of relevant  | Purchase/sale  | Total number of  | Highest price per unit  | Lowest price per unit  | |||
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10p ordinary  | Purchase  | 2,188,643  | 1.8199 GBP  | 1.7990 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | Sale  | 1,421,703  | 1.8185 GBP  | 1.7989 GBP  | |||
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(b)  | Cash-settled derivative transactions  | 
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Class of  | Product  | Nature of dealing  | Number of  | Price per  | |||
relevant  | description  | 
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security  | 
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10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 5  | 1.7989 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 82  | 1.8008 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 1,289  | 1.8045 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 966  | 1.8049 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 5,760  | 1.8061 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 5,045  | 1.8074 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 4,922  | 1.8081 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 208  | 1.8088 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 1  | 1.8100 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 269  | 1.8114 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 3,153  | 1.8116 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 58  | 1.8118 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 129,223  | 1.8123 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 85,976  | 1.8128 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 79,974  | 1.8134 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 22,087  | 1.8141 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 68,443  | 1.8142 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 35,320  | 1.8146 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 62,612  | 1.8149 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 84,651  | 1.8150 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 5,633  | 1.8151 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 29,912  | 1.8158 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 1,143  | 1.8161 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 2,511  | 1.8170 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Long  | 10,191  | 1.8185 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Long  | 15,642  | 1.8021 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Long  | 31,944  | 1.8026 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Long  | 13,464  | 1.8027 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Long  | 7,459  | 1.8040 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Long  | 916  | 1.8051 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Long  | 44,343  | 1.8055 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Long  | 1,246  | 1.8077 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Long  | 6,197  | 1.8080 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Long  | 59,036  | 1.8092 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Long  | 21,000  | 1.8148 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Long  | 295,499  | 1.8150 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Long  | 10,609  | 1.8151 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Long  | 852,649  | 1.8184 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Long  | 4,891  | 1.8199 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | CFD  | Decreasing Short  | 3,118  | 1.7998 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | CFD  | Increasing Short  | 42,843  | 1.8102 GBP  | |||
10p ordinary  | CFD  | Increasing Short  | 13,822  | 1.8151 GBP  | |||
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(c)  | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)  | 
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(i)  | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying  | 
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Class  | Product  | Writing,  | Number  | Exercise  | Type  | Expiry  | Option  | 
of  | description  | purchasing,  | of  | price  | 
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(ii)  | Exercising  | 
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Class of relevant  | Product description  | Exercising/ exercised against  | Number of  | Exercise price per  | |||
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(d)  | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)  | 
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Class of relevant  | Nature of Dealings  | Details  | Price per unit (if  | ||||
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4.  | OTHER INFORMATION  | ||||||
(a)  | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements  | 
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,  | 
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal  | 
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party  | 
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:  | 
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NONE  | |||||||
(b)  | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives  | 
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between  | 
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the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:  | 
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or  | 
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which  | 
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any derivative is referenced:  | 
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NONE  | |||||||
(c)  | Attachments  | 
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?  | NO  | ||||||
Date of disclosure:  | 03 Apr 2025  | ||||||
Contact name:  | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations  | ||||||
Telephone number:  | 020 3134 7213  | ||||||
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