Form 8.3 BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC, THE

Barclays PLC

02 February 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:				30 Jan 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:			9,531,879	0.95%	6,221,471	0.62%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				6,037,511	0.60%	3,111,475	0.31%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			15,569,390	1.56%	9,332,946	0.93%
(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		558,375		4.1480  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		300,734		4.1502  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		121,269		4.1475  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		73,161		4.1479  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		70,930		4.1462  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		64,482		4.1404  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		62,388		4.1508  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		52,472		4.1486  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		47,470		4.1328  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		45,841		4.1487  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		39,540		4.1461  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		35,838		4.1457  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		22,450		4.1515  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		17,773		4.1380  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		14,872		4.1478  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		14,857		4.1440  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		14,509		4.1540  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		14,475		4.1340  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		13,054		4.1466  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12,907		4.1426  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12,527		4.1460  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12,000		4.1578  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,546		4.1464  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,235		4.1520  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,598		4.1400  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,400		4.1484  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,384		4.1420  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,631		4.1485  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,620		4.1500  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,556		4.1453  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,644		4.1509  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,469		4.1560  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,405		4.1519  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,836		4.1516  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,834		4.1492  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,800		4.1512  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,613		4.1580  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,363		4.1491  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,221		4.1476  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,972		4.1505  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,651		4.1448  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,290		4.1280  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,963		4.1530  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,731		4.1360  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,695		4.1553  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,665		4.1240  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,477		4.1531  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,382		4.1390  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,324		4.1510  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,286		4.1620  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,219		4.1472  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,166		4.1260  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,004		4.1600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		967		4.1470  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		916		4.1593  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		906		4.1320  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		850		4.1539  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		795		4.1220  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		580		4.1521  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		407		4.1300  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		297		4.1655  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		472,171		4.1480  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		330,609		4.1482  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		213,620		4.1442  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		93,225		4.1479  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		61,927		4.1434  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		55,031		4.1497  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		48,674		4.1464  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		32,241		4.1404  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		23,735		4.1328  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		23,397		4.1477  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		23,062		4.1396  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		20,633		4.1458  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		20,558		4.1597  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		18,723		4.1498  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		17,722		4.1481  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,377		4.1466  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,815		4.1540  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,195		4.1440  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		13,129		4.1484  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		11,465		4.1460  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		11,343		4.1436  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		11,312		4.1444  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		11,235		4.1520  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,775		4.1427  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,970		4.1378  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,872		4.1400  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,358		4.1420  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,808		4.1500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,469		4.1560  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,408		4.1580  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,366		4.1496  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,174		4.1506  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,651		4.1448  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,290		4.1280  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,115		4.1380  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,092		4.1220  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,985		4.1620  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,963		4.1530  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,731		4.1360  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,674		4.1323  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,665		4.1240  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,382		4.1390  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,166		4.1260  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,004		4.1600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		972		4.1454  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		967		4.1470  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		906		4.1320  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		809		4.1640  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		407		4.1300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		371		4.1340  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		352		4.1445  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		155		4.1410  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		135		4.1474  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		30,626	4.1459  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		113,923	4.1460  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		38,548	4.1461  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,850	4.1466  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		62,856	4.1468  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		48,756	4.1470  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		135	4.1473  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		93,110	4.1476  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		124,790	4.1480  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		43,293	4.1483  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		800	4.1484  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,366	4.1496  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,589	4.1497  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,558	4.1597  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		699	4.1620  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		373	4.1431  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,169	4.1453  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,962	4.1460  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		52,866	4.1470  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,221	4.1476  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		38,757	4.1479  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		190,142	4.1480  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,154	4.1482  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,656	4.1492  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		519	4.1494  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		300,734	4.1502  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		62,388	4.1508  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,600	4.1511  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,056	4.1514  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,550	4.1519  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,692	4.1522  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,820	4.1531  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		23,062	4.1396  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		10,775	4.1427  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		11,312	4.1444  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		31,122	4.1476  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,422	4.1477  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		354	4.1479  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		122	4.1480  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		306	4.1538  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		39	4.1323  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		12,907	4.1426  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		354	4.1479  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		122	4.1480  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		13,551	4.1492  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:				02 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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