28th Mar 2025 11:50
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 | LONDONMETRIC PROPERTY PLC | |||||
| principal trader is connected |
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(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
| 27 Mar 2025 | ||||
(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | YES: HIGHCROFT INVESTMENTS PLC | |||||
| trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
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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 | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 8,548,274 | 0.42% | 24,498,562 | 1.20% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 23,348,422 | 1.14% | 3,812,529 | 0.19% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 31,896,696 | 1.56% | 28,311,091 | 1.38% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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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 | 1,605,308 | 1.8102 GBP | 1.7940 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,154,295 | 1.8116 GBP | 1.7940 GBP | |||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 8,550 | 1.7960 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,847 | 1.7992 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 73,322 | 1.7996 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,195 | 1.8012 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 882 | 1.8050 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 47,112 | 1.8052 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 42,949 | 1.8054 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 9,150 | 1.8069 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,984 | 1.8089 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,059 | 1.7940 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 148,869 | 1.7960 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 98,085 | 1.7961 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 151,354 | 1.7974 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 70,064 | 1.7978 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 413 | 1.8009 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 27,748 | 1.8034 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,219 | 1.8035 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,094 | 1.8041 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 38,465 | 1.8043 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 886 | 1.8050 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 656 | 1.8051 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 230 | 1.8054 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 57,632 | 1.8059 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 304 | 1.8061 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,744 | 1.8064 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,466 | 1.8080 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,776 | 1.8124 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Opening Short | 111,356 | 1.7961 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 18,573 | 1.7982 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 3,583 | 1.8074 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: | 28 Mar 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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