Form 8.3 BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC, THE

Barclays PLC

18 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:				17 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:			11,476,067	1.15%	8,088,563	0.81%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				7,918,391	0.79%	8,349,805	0.84%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			19,394,458	1.94%	16,438,368	1.64%
(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		104,882		3.7660  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		51,021		3.7731  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		32,915		3.7635  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		28,414		3.7661  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		15,825		3.7640  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		13,441		3.7817  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,606		3.7800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,787		3.7799  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,580		3.7780  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,972		3.7816  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,589		3.7900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,988		3.7793  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,909		3.7736  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,850		3.7849  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,721		3.7828  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,589		3.7642  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,166		3.7694  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,846		3.7761  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,645		3.7794  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,560		3.7857  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,419		3.7854  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,272		3.7501  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		743		3.7940  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		616		3.7740  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		589		3.7790  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		527		3.7760  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		477		3.7680  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		189		3.7820  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		181		3.7880  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		307,328		3.7660  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		170,058		3.7702  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		86,114		3.7665  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		51,136		3.7780  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		35,586		3.7824  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		31,545		3.7743  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		28,099		3.7666  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		25,527		3.7760  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		21,722		3.7772  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,844		3.7831  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,084		3.7803  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,187		3.7836  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,000		3.8000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,376		3.7861  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,589		3.7900  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,600		3.7551  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,399		3.7826  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,092		3.7720  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,196		3.7980  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,515		3.7691  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,109		3.7723  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,091		3.7800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,030		3.7761  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,001		3.7891  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,962		3.7753  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,722		3.7778  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,411		3.7870  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,352		3.7921  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,174		3.7940  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		912		3.7960  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		883		3.7895  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		669		3.7970  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		589		3.7790  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		469		3.7840  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		189		3.7820  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		172		3.7740  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		100		3.7587  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 Short		100	3.7587  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		195,661	3.7660  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,099	3.7666  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,515	3.7691  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,092	3.7720  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,726	3.7734  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,545	3.7743  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,030	3.7761  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,385	3.7780  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,873	3.7800  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,049	3.7802  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,399	3.7825  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,037	3.7836  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,354	3.7901  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,500	3.7909  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,000	3.8000  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		216	3.7240  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,507	3.7626  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,398	3.7632  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,589	3.7642  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,311	3.7660  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		460	3.7662  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		477	3.7680  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,166	3.7694  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,909	3.7736  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		458	3.7763  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		267	3.7797  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,100	3.7857  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		142,489	3.7659  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		47,187	3.7660  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		9,402	3.7830  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		200	3.7250  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		8,918	3.7663  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:				18 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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