Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - British Land Co

UBS AG (EPT)
20 March 2026
 

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:

            19 March 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

 

1083940

3.68250        GBP

3.58199        GBP

25p ordinary

Sell

 

689715

3.68250        GBP

3.58179        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

92997

3.64128932        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

16

3.6699375025        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

3826

3.58457536        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

40560

3.5901757866642        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

4335

3.58182        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

665

3.61719407        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

181

3.5817679558011        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

33023

3.6274179834261        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

89

3.58752808988764        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

346

3.59005780346821        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

6690

3.65866308010015        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

11369

3.64009716        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

15858

3.582        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

5

3.638        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

351

3.59067405128205        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

9027

3.61545342        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

533

3.616        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

22034

3.64056893881411        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

23131

3.58178505036531        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

15

3.59998336        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1640

3.628415        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

12306

3.64787577032342        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2787

3.62989164        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

75

3.6204        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

4281

3.620896        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

12270

3.6366548734        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

58566

3.58235204726292        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

12240

3.6129358        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

422259

3.582        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

11

3.67        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

5

3.638        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

16

3.6699375025        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

8425

3.64327537        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1588

3.6113677581864        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

3060

3.61628431372549        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

13545

3.64025381960576        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

62082

3.58733561980381        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

9017

3.582179        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1197

3.58221386800334        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

132

3.58219696969697        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

22418

3.58200017842805        GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

102

3.647147        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:

20 March 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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