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JPMorgan Sec.Plc - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-LondonMetric & Schroder Amend

RNS Number : 8328P
JPMorgan Securities Plc
07 August 2026
 

AMENDMENT

 

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:

05 August 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

1,072,593

1.9899 GBP

1.9740 GBP


Sale


1,203,536


1.9845 GBP


1.9730 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

195,173

0.4485 GBP

0.4340 GBP


Sale


2,063,877


0.4485 GBP


0.4323 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

37

1.9747 GBP



7,319

1.9770 GBP



14,192

1.9771 GBP



1

1.9772 GBP



14,164

1.9797 GBP



98

1.9899 GBP

 


Decrease Short


215,942


1.9748 GBP



4,521

1.9751 GBP



594

1.9763 GBP



315

1.9765 GBP



11,926

1.9767 GBP



46,522

1.9768 GBP



18,195

1.9769 GBP



50,462

1.9770 GBP



1,855

1.9775 GBP



2,021

1.9789 GBP



6,270

1.9804 GBP



1,321

1.9817 GBP

 


Increase Long


98,716


1.9732 GBP



4,379

1.9749 GBP



91,424

1.9760 GBP



2,000

1.9766 GBP



73,665

1.9768 GBP



14,591

1.9769 GBP



780

1.9770 GBP

 


Increase Short


8,251


1.9748 GBP



5,552

1.9754 GBP



11,172

1.9757 GBP



12,190

1.9758 GBP



12,590

1.9760 GBP



13,886

1.9761 GBP



375

1.9762 GBP



138

1.9765 GBP



42,760

1.9768 GBP



107,489

1.9770 GBP



68,346

1.9771 GBP



22,438

1.9773 GBP



36,915

1.9775 GBP



118,379

1.9781 GBP



598

1.9786 GBP



8,049

1.9788 GBP



1,249

1.9800 GBP



3,595

1.9814 GBP

 


Opening a long position


910


1.9772 GBP



39,741

1.9787 GBP



95

1.9789 GBP

 


Opening a short position


19,488


1.9766 GBP



1,259

1.9780 GBP



39,741

1.9801 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 Long

333,050

0.4317 GBP



264,742

0.4321 GBP



430,196

0.4343 GBP

 


Increase Long


333,050


0.4317 GBP



264,742

0.4321 GBP



430,196

0.4343 GBP



464,485

0.4353 GBP



430,196

0.4363 GBP

 


Increase Short


25,977


0.4342 GBP

 


Opening a long position


149,724


0.4321 GBP



74,862

0.4323 GBP

 


Opening a short position


149,724


0.4321 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:

07 August 2026

Contact name:

Natasha Mondon

Telephone number:

01202 325175

 

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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