Form 8.3 BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC, THE

Barclays PLC

12 March 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:				11 Mar 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:			12,446,719	1.24%	7,134,499	0.71%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				6,887,312	0.69%	7,821,351	0.78%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			19,334,031	1.93%	14,955,850	1.50%
(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		608,683		3.6860  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		407,399		3.6720  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		290,982		3.6740  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		233,463		3.6889  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		153,582		3.6852  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		109,764		3.6851  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		80,743		3.6887  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		77,401		3.6842  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		74,628		3.6809  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		68,160		3.6862  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		53,749		3.6878  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		51,314		3.6801  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		46,433		3.6876  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		16,235		3.6811  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		14,021		3.6832  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12,518		3.6871  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,810		3.6752  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,583		3.6797  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,974		3.6773  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,311		3.6877  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,032		3.6726  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,317		3.6748  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,409		3.6839  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,242		3.6905  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,589		3.6931  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,549		3.6863  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,134		3.6893  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,131		3.6804  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,972		3.6918  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,581		3.6849  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,075		3.6789  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,502		3.6799  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,436		3.7040  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,040		3.6745  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,885		3.6757  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,759		3.6821  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,747		3.6910  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,081		3.6805  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,952		3.6719  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,691		3.6980  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,670		3.6900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,548		3.6880  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,505		3.6974  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,443		3.6920  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,391		3.6796  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,380		3.6639  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,379		3.6640  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,343		3.6870  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		844		3.6750  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		837		3.6760  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		806		3.6820  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		741		3.6580  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		709		3.6700  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		645		3.6850  GBP
ADR		Purchase		496		4.9000  USD
25p ordinary		Purchase		169		3.6840  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		142		3.7020  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		106		3.6940  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		81		3.6800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		65		3.7000  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		26		3.6780  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		199,456		3.6860  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		179,386		3.6855  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		173,451		3.6720  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		169,997		3.6854  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		161,486		3.6887  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		159,636		3.6894  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		154,167		3.6780  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		95,643		3.6851  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		87,545		3.6815  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		46,435		3.6733  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		45,642		3.6876  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		40,096		3.6864  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		35,914		3.6815  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		33,943		3.6830  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		30,794		3.6882  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		26,117		3.6839  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		23,818		3.6917  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		16,229		3.6847  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		16,186		3.6701  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,205		3.6788  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		11,612		3.6846  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,797		3.6751  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,402		3.6853  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,465		3.6965  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,417		3.6840  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,121		3.7024  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,888		3.7080  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,863		3.6718  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,533		3.6609  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,379		3.6640  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,367		3.6717  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,343		3.6870  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		891		3.6980  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		837		3.6760  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		811		3.6975  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		791		3.6800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		654		3.6660  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		631		3.6629  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		554		3.6920  GBP
ADR		Sale		496		4.9000  USD
25p ordinary		Sale		289		3.6850  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		106		3.6940  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		91		3.6820  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		65		3.7000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		37		3.6580  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		Decreasing Long		26,828	3.6857  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,367	3.6717  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,907	3.6718  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,825	3.6720  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39,999	3.6728  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,060	3.6748  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		250	3.6769  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,127	3.6771  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		87,725	3.6780  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,353	3.6782  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,205	3.6788  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,497	3.6792  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,605	3.6810  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,395	3.6830  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,778	3.6840  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		287	3.6853  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		289	3.6898  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,465	3.6965  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		75	3.6980  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,121	3.7024  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		81,744	3.7423  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,952	3.6719  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		162,212	3.6720  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		163,372	3.6722  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,244	3.6732  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,040	3.6745  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,655	3.6753  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,974	3.6778  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,391	3.6796  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,131	3.6804  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,605	3.6810  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,665	3.6813  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		367	3.6821  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,526	3.6824  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,103	3.6831  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,396	3.6833  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,654	3.6838  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,778	3.6840  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		109,764	3.6851  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,117	3.6853  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26	3.6860  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,217	3.6875  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		233,463	3.6889  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,213	3.6933  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100	3.7020  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,723	3.7185  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		103,015	3.7464  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		56	3.6691  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		306	3.6719  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		496	3.6817  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		26,397	3.6859  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,062	3.6734  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		19,548	3.6807  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		10,814	3.6809  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:				12 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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