Form 8.3 BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC, THE

Barclays PLC

17 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:				16 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:			11,779,453	1.18%	11,996,396	1.20%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				11,817,797	1.18%	9,097,397	0.91%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			23,597,250	2.36%	21,093,793	2.11%
(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		196,187		3.9321  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		95,192		3.9404  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		73,697		3.9538  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		68,248		3.9420  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		48,697		3.9782  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		30,162		3.9743  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		30,000		3.9980  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		26,266		4.0000  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		19,167		3.9481  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		15,293		3.9413  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12,500		3.9736  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,789		3.9914  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,954		3.9443  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,915		4.0017  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,907		3.9759  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,777		3.9894  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,981		3.9884  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,205		3.9842  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,078		3.9464  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,500		3.9750  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,199		3.9358  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,683		3.9658  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		744		3.9490  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		640		3.9340  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		607		3.9372  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		427		4.0095  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		301		3.9379  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		298		3.9367  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		160		3.9330  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		90		3.9566  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		299,541		3.9830  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		213,446		3.9460  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		109,027		3.9371  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		105,094		3.9420  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		92,765		3.9544  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		80,635		3.9992  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		61,527		3.9320  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		47,653		3.9364  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		27,250		3.9422  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		26,786		3.9784  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		26,173		3.9870  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,772		3.9883  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,100		3.9754  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,201		3.9813  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,250		3.9437  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,932		3.9366  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,556		3.9915  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,686		3.9930  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,500		3.9730  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,347		3.9821  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,224		3.9973  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,943		3.9858  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,421		3.9846  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,285		3.9771  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,140		3.9894  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,907		3.9728  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,250		3.9960  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,186		3.9414  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,115		3.9360  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		754		3.9610  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		746		4.0050  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		451		3.9391  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		427		4.0100  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		427		3.9505  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		400		3.9650  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		185		3.9398  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		108		4.0192  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		35		3.9655  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		24		3.9740  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		Increasing Long		788	3.9336  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		185	3.9399  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		211,228	3.9420  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		427	3.9505  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		689	3.9540  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		92,765	3.9544  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,500	3.9726  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,100	3.9754  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		26,786	3.9784  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		299,541	3.9830  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,421	3.9845  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		21,136	3.9867  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		25,571	3.9877  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,224	3.9973  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		108	4.0191  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,073	3.9354  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,199	3.9358  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		409	3.9360  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		298	3.9367  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		301	3.9379  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		95,192	3.9404  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,293	3.9413  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,967	3.9420  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,663	3.9435  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,381	3.9465  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,402	3.9470  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		744	3.9490  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,296	3.9570  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,063	3.9634  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,683	3.9658  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30,162	3.9743  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,100	3.9782  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		60	3.9306  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		240	3.9357  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		36,143	3.9419  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		19,407	3.9797  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,347	3.9821  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		11,628	3.9422  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		47,597	3.9782  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		3,205	3.9842  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:				17 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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