1st May 2026 11:06
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: | 30 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 | 1,168,557 | 1.9009 GBP | 1.8640 GBP |
| Sale | 1,716,956 | 1.9030 GBP | 1.8640 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 | 40,620 | 0.4788 GBP | 0.4685 GBP |
| Sale | 46,315 | 0.4812 GBP | 0.4785 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 | 53,844 | 1.8720 GBP |
18,500 | 1.8851 GBP | |||
10,527 | 1.8919 GBP | |||
162,162 | 1.8934 GBP | |||
28,920 | 1.8935 GBP | |||
1,407 | 1.8942 GBP | |||
6,109 | 1.8955 GBP | |||
12,919 | 1.8994 GBP | |||
Decrease Short | 827 | 1.8657 GBP | ||
7,325 | 1.8675 GBP | |||
1,595 | 1.8720 GBP | |||
1,595 | 1.8830 GBP | |||
19,271 | 1.8848 GBP | |||
1,594 | 1.8860 GBP | |||
92,547 | 1.8872 GBP | |||
4,459 | 1.8897 GBP | |||
97,352 | 1.8898 GBP | |||
29,173 | 1.8935 GBP | |||
146,720 | 1.8936 GBP | |||
62,855 | 1.8937 GBP | |||
87,108 | 1.8939 GBP | |||
111,145 | 1.8940 GBP | |||
8,319 | 1.8946 GBP | |||
13,289 | 1.8952 GBP | |||
796 | 1.8956 GBP | |||
1,595 | 1.8975 GBP | |||
1,595 | 1.8980 GBP | |||
1,447 | 1.9000 GBP | |||
Increase Long | 196,418 | 1.8939 GBP | ||
18,009 | 1.8940 GBP | |||
8,029 | 1.8969 GBP | |||
Increase Short | 517 | 1.8663 GBP | ||
1,595 | 1.8720 GBP | |||
1,595 | 1.8830 GBP | |||
1,594 | 1.8860 GBP | |||
453 | 1.8900 GBP | |||
29,962 | 1.8924 GBP | |||
10,962 | 1.8940 GBP | |||
13,436 | 1.8941 GBP | |||
3,909 | 1.8943 GBP | |||
4,060 | 1.8949 GBP | |||
6,479 | 1.8960 GBP | |||
565 | 1.8967 GBP | |||
1,595 | 1.8975 GBP | |||
1,595 | 1.8980 GBP | |||
99 | 1.8990 GBP | |||
15,973 | 1.8992 GBP | |||
7,769 | 1.8993 GBP | |||
31,463 | 1.9002 GBP | |||
229 | 1.9008 GBP | |||
Opening a long position | 850 | 1.8740 GBP | ||
36,984 | 1.8937 GBP | |||
6,258 | 1.8992 GBP | |||
163 | 1.9011 GBP | |||
Opening a short position | 2,084 | 1.8663 GBP | ||
1,748 | 1.8881 GBP | |||
39,573 | 1.8940 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 | 5,705 | 0.4812 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) |
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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
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(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
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| Date of disclosure: | 01 May 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.
Related Shares:
LondonMetricSchroder Real Estate Investment Trust