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title: "REG - Barclays PLC Picton Property Inc. - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI PICTON PROPERTY INCOME LIMITED"
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description: "Barclays PLC disclosed its position regarding Picton Property Income Limited in a Form 8.5, detailing interests and short positions in relevant securities as of February 26, 2026. The exempt principal trader, Barclays Capital Securities Ltd, reported owning 4,719,313 ordinary shares (0.92%) and holding short positions of 4,850,937 (0.94%). The report includes details of recent purchases and sales, as well as cash-settled and stock-settled derivative transactions. The disclosure was made on February 27, 2026, and is part of compliance with the Takeover Code."
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# REG - Barclays PLC Picton Property Inc. - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI PICTON PROPERTY INCOME LIMITED

RNS Number : 7487U Barclays PLC 27 February 2026

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

PICTON PROPERTY INCOME LIMITED

relevant securities this form relates:

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

PICTON PROPERTY INCOME LTD

principal trader is connected

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

26 Feb 2026

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

YES:

trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

LONDONMETRIC PROPERTY PLC

2.

POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree

to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:

Ordinary NPV

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

4,719,313

0.92%

237,683

0.05%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

19,400

0.00%

4,613,254

0.90%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,738,713

0.92%

4,850,937

0.94%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

options)

Class of relevant security in relation to

which subscription right exists

Details, including nature of the rights

concerned and relevant percentages:

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Total number of

Highest price per unit

Lowest price per unit

security

securities

paid/received

paid/received

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

246,869

0.8765 GBP

0.8700 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

94,428

0.8750 GBP

0.8698 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

357

0.8698 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,399

0.8720 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,286

0.8725 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

625

0.8728 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,895

0.8733 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,182

0.8741 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

65,732

0.8724 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

35,179

0.8726 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

35,632

0.8741 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

26,578

0.8750 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

1,306

0.8710 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

7,740

0.8739 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

money

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

paid/

security

varying etc

to which

received

option

per unit

relates

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

securities

unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

applicable)

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings 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:

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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

27 Feb 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

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