Form 8.3 BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC, THE

Barclays PLC

14 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:				13 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:			11,940,477	1.19%	10,333,608	1.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				9,996,005	1.00%	9,225,022	0.92%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			21,936,482	2.19%	19,558,630	1.96%
(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		380,398		3.7656  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		211,517		3.7691  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		166,188		3.7687  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		140,199		3.7700  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		108,118		3.7698  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		64,887		3.7608  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		42,792		3.7690  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		39,540		3.7635  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		39,496		3.7610  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		15,959		3.7609  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		13,444		3.7605  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12,850		3.7699  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,558		3.7594  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,200		3.7593  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,606		3.7696  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,165		3.7683  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,142		3.7578  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,446		3.7694  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,224		3.7651  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,158		3.7529  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,657		3.7460  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,234		3.7650  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,915		3.7450  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,900		3.7639  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,871		3.7494  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,816		3.7528  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,730		3.7525  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,580		3.7632  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,552		3.7520  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,454		3.7645  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,094		3.7660  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		649		3.7521  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		547		3.7596  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		499		3.7604  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		333		3.7607  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		331		3.7600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		328		3.7602  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		215		3.7620  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		145		3.7705  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		79		3.7648  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		78		3.7707  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		53		3.7716  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		600,479		3.7680  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		482,171		3.7698  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		286,756		3.7700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		224,880		3.7690  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		212,232		3.7691  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		61,037		3.7609  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		38,808		3.7608  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		37,191		3.7618  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		36,301		3.7660  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		30,674		3.7668  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		27,083		3.7511  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		26,888		3.7605  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		25,000		3.7590  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,983		3.7621  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		21,800		3.7592  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		19,119		3.7611  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		18,917		3.7606  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,935		3.7645  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,482		3.7688  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,948		3.7616  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,831		3.7669  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,690		3.7631  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,733		3.7692  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,822		3.7566  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,524		3.7614  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,779		3.7594  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,400		3.7653  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,273		3.7479  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,200		3.7513  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,816		3.7554  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,723		3.7694  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,994		3.7655  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,959		3.7576  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,166		3.7583  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,048		3.7625  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		856		3.7524  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		823		3.7480  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		776		3.7520  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		704		3.7450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		704		3.7490  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		669		3.7525  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		626		3.7410  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		516		3.7600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		195		3.7601  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		155		3.7541  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		626	3.7410  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		155	3.7541  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,822	3.7566  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		959	3.7576  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,166	3.7583  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		685	3.7586  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,935	3.7645  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,400	3.7653  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		600,479	3.7680  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		34,824	3.7688  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		715	3.7691  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,733	3.7692  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		227,951	3.7699  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		289,234	3.7700  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,816	3.7527  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,287	3.7583  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		136	3.7600  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		328	3.7602  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,580	3.7632  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,900	3.7639  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,454	3.7645  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		79	3.7648  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,234	3.7650  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,224	3.7651  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		285	3.7654  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		39,308	3.7676  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		723	3.7677  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		126,880	3.7691  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		78	3.7707  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		477	3.7697  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		7,264	3.7698  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		39,540	3.7635  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,791	3.7686  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:				14 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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