Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - British Land Co Replacement

UBS AG (EPT)
24 February 2026
 

This announcement replaces the previous RNS announcement 0384U released at 11:55 on the 23rd of February 2026. Amendments to section 2a. All other information remains unchanged

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the Code)

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:

            UBS Investment Bank, London

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

            British Land Company plc

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

            British Land Company plc

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

            20 February 2026

(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

YES

 

 

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

(a)        Purchases and sales

 

Class of relevant security

Purchases/ sales

 

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

25p ordinary

Buy

 

463303

4.21600        GBP

4.17200        GBP

25p ordinary

Sell

 

878526

4.21600        GBP

4.12794        GBP

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

4838

4.191162        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

8369

4.1893714900227        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

4605

4.187905        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

629

4.189267        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

20849

4.192984        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

45726

4.18905699        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

10673

4.18937131078422        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

3982

4.18937217478654        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

268634

4.127935        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

12986

4.18778        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

769

4.1964559        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

28091

4.20078169        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

11587

4.192713        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

166

4.21        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1574

4.19190867        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

473

4.20200074989429        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

25301

4.192877        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2

4.214        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

382

4.18989528795812        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

8

4.188        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

258

4.20332558139535        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1338

4.19223467862481        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

291

4.19265979381443        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1931

4.20792024596582        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1999

4.21069634433217        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2870

4.19600278745645        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

11403

4.20718508682364        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

24464

4.19449685        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

925

4.191279        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

118514

4.191141        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2921

4.189791        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

4801

4.20217567580446        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

8413

4.19031424997028        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

88

4.2        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

133881

4.19        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

170

4.20896470588235        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

19906

4.18947227        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

3264

4.20460907        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

3081

4.19000006        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

809

4.18884796285538        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2837

4.172        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

5727

4.19817722901345        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

8971

4.18939382464608        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

6329

4.18003666522959        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

16478

4.19031425003034        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

223

4.190224        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

4

4.21        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

3231

4.18003683539203        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

245

4.20575510053061        GBP

 

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit









 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.         OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing 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:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none "

 

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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

 

None

 

 

Date of disclosure:

24 February 2026

Contact name:

Richard Howard

Telephone number:

+44 (0)207 568 9128

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk

 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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