Form 8.3 BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC, THE

Barclays PLC

13 April 2026

 

FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Full name of discloser:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC, THE
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				10 Apr 2026
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				YES:
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?				LIFE SCIENCE REIT PLC
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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:				25p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			11,992,059	1.20%	9,410,471	0.94%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				9,082,002	0.91%	9,285,801	0.93%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			21,074,061	2.11%	18,696,272	1.87%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
25p ordinary		Purchase		327,160		3.8040  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		69,974		3.8039  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		49,363		3.8023  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		47,395		3.8036  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		25,000		3.8110  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		15,898		3.8015  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		13,550		3.8020  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,333		3.7995  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,000		3.7958  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,607		3.7960  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,481		3.7985  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,145		3.7950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,119		3.8013  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,046		3.7969  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,951		3.8066  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,800		3.8087  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,190		3.8038  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,895		3.7890  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,863		3.7902  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,491		3.8008  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,308		3.7910  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		609		3.7830  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		594		3.7973  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		541		3.7944  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		510		3.7990  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		407		3.7913  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		400		3.8004  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		397		3.7903  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		148		3.7979  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		116		3.8121  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		112		3.7855  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		98		3.7964  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		94		3.7819  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		63		3.7770  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1		3.8080  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		644,191		3.7990  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		365,092		3.8038  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		268,772		3.8040  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		25,000		3.7950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		18,281		3.8021  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,097		3.8015  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		11,300		3.7966  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,740		3.7979  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,266		3.7978  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,909		3.8008  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,272		3.7803  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,016		3.7943  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,405		3.7984  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,004		3.8032  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,436		3.8085  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,888		3.8020  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,618		3.7881  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,430		3.8145  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,296		3.8005  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		750		3.7900  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		722		3.7820  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		721		3.8010  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		569		3.7960  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		515		3.7980  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		355		3.8042  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		221		3.7992  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		146		3.8016  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		94		3.7819  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		46		3.7890  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		33		3.8120  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		23		3.8130  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		20		3.8050  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		20		3.7940  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3		3.8061  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1		3.8080  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1		3.7901  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,399	3.7936  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		569	3.7960  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,151	3.7964  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,740	3.7979  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,405	3.7984  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		643,681	3.7990  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		221	3.7992  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,296	3.8005  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,004	3.8032  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,402	3.8035  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		352,307	3.8040  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,545	3.8049  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,157	3.7830  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		136	3.7920  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,772	3.7949  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,300	3.7950  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		499	3.7960  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,510	3.7961  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,700	3.7964  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,046	3.7969  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,315	3.7974  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,481	3.7985  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		400	3.8004  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,089	3.8008  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,166	3.8016  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,603	3.8028  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		90,025	3.8040  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68,148	3.8041  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,506	3.8045  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,272	3.7803  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,300	3.7966  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		9,249	3.7968  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		14,507	3.8015  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		87,171	3.8036  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		289	3.8037  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		32	3.8040  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		3,157	3.7899  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		98	3.7964  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		5	3.8000  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		3	3.8033  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		8	3.8037  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		36	3.8038  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		392	3.8039  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		620	3.8040  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		7	3.8042  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		9	3.8044  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2	3.8050  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,800	3.8087  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)	Exercise
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 person 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:				13 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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