Form 8.3 BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC, THE

Barclays PLC

20 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:				17 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:			11,994,037	1.20%	13,185,124	1.32%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				13,015,403	1.30%	9,261,606	0.93%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			25,009,440	2.50%	22,446,730	2.24%
(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		517,736		4.0445  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		247,899		4.0450  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		174,031		4.0506  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		130,082		4.0194  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		94,164		3.9610  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		40,905		3.9751  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		30,186		4.0435  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		28,592		4.0431  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		22,601		4.0251  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,774		4.0541  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,600		3.9659  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,697		4.0840  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,131		4.0174  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,744		4.0402  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,683		4.0493  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,386		4.0752  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,767		4.0850  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,201		4.0600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,620		4.0636  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,286		3.9604  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,335		4.0418  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,319		4.0711  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,165		4.0330  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,149		4.0372  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		675		3.9865  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		669		4.0650  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		330		4.0598  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		203		4.0560  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		150		4.0860  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		69		4.0570  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		45		3.9480  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12		4.0730  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		809,074		4.0427  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		573,948		4.0403  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		352,847		3.9520  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		164,187		4.0450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		115,898		4.0051  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		70,549		4.0166  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		65,669		3.9987  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		42,674		4.0182  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		18,534		3.9607  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		11,600		3.9634  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		11,400		3.9615  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,796		3.9557  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,250		4.0507  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,983		4.0445  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,474		3.9879  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,793		4.0227  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,093		3.9568  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,651		4.0851  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,489		4.0065  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,411		4.0635  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,330		4.0479  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,171		3.9834  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,632		3.9711  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,462		3.9551  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,025		4.0269  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,573		3.9545  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,569		4.0699  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,351		3.9579  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,283		3.9620  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		712		3.9590  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		619		3.9611  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		619		3.9610  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		561		3.9540  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		66		4.0610  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		39		3.9490  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14		4.0535  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3		3.9690  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1		4.0620  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		39	3.9487  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		352,847	3.9520  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,400	3.9615  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,632	3.9711  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,171	3.9834  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		65,669	3.9987  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		115,898	4.0051  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		37,566	4.0147  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		42,161	4.0164  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		42,674	4.0182  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		300,427	4.0427  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		148,102	4.0449  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		364,324	4.0450  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,250	4.0507  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14	4.0529  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		200	3.9575  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,800	3.9654  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,800	3.9667  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		460	3.9770  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,532	3.9923  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,414	4.0073  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		430	4.0151  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		130,082	4.0194  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		57	4.0280  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,190	4.0281  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,744	4.0402  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,585	4.0440  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		84,327	4.0450  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		168,277	4.0502  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		203	4.0560  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,754	4.0627  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		7,474	3.9879  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		6,820	4.0352  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		103	4.0450  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		4,411	4.0635  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,149	4.0372  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		28,592	4.0431  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		9,300	4.0453  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		343	4.0542  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		24,346	4.0580  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:				20 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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