5th Feb 2026 11:04
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 |
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(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 |
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| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | ||||||
| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 04 Feb 2026 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | YES: |
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| disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | LIFE SCIENCE REIT PLC |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 25p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 9,616,125 | 0.96% | 6,700,148 | 0.67% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 6,534,990 | 0.65% | 3,218,981 | 0.32% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 16,151,115 | 1.62% | 9,919,129 | 0.99% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| options) |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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25p ordinary | Purchase | 335,053 | 4.2450 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 217,411 | 4.2000 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 171,517 | 4.2479 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 140,420 | 4.2440 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 73,676 | 4.2360 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 44,407 | 4.2412 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 42,695 | 4.2592 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 23,951 | 4.2629 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 20,093 | 4.2638 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 20,093 | 4.2604 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 13,729 | 4.2510 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,128 | 4.2697 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,597 | 4.2785 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,506 | 4.2730 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,322 | 4.2714 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,012 | 4.2572 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,688 | 4.2130 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,090 | 4.3030 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,900 | 4.2167 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,839 | 4.2654 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,626 | 4.2940 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,427 | 4.2786 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,413 | 4.2443 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,000 | 4.2500 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,220 | 4.2607 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,114 | 4.2460 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,089 | 4.2253 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 928 | 4.2140 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 917 | 4.3006 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 685 | 4.2760 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 677 | 4.2480 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 676 | 4.2864 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 568 | 4.2833 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 531 | 4.2620 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 502 | 4.2380 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 377 | 4.2997 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 339 | 4.2980 GBP | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 314 | 5.7900 USD | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 190 | 4.2640 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 184 | 4.2490 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 119 | 4.2600 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 65 | 4.2680 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 33 | 4.2560 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 29 | 4.2820 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 26 | 4.2728 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 20 | 4.2700 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 363,179 | 4.2554 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 315,716 | 4.2991 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 243,082 | 4.2046 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 172,026 | 4.2440 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 95,944 | 4.3005 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 57,909 | 4.2949 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 53,129 | 4.2491 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 38,717 | 4.2932 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 36,973 | 4.2868 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 24,764 | 4.2460 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 14,255 | 4.2818 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 14,223 | 4.2631 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 11,109 | 4.2476 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 8,045 | 4.3014 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 8,000 | 4.2694 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7,633 | 4.3007 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7,001 | 4.2495 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 6,108 | 4.2655 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,970 | 4.2459 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,654 | 4.2484 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,324 | 4.2471 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,038 | 4.2707 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,756 | 4.2157 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,577 | 4.2480 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,929 | 4.2605 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,473 | 4.2580 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,225 | 4.2550 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,626 | 4.2940 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,835 | 4.2620 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,524 | 4.2407 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 947 | 4.2860 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 947 | 4.2560 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 905 | 4.2633 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 707 | 4.2780 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 536 | 4.2800 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 460 | 4.2720 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 445 | 4.2481 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 410 | 4.2450 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 337 | 4.2960 GBP | ||||
ADR | Sale | 314 | 5.7900 USD | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 190 | 4.2640 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 184 | 4.2490 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 175 | 4.2722 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 171 | 4.2360 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 119 | 4.2600 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 65 | 4.2680 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 25 | 4.2120 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 20 | 4.2700 GBP | ||||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 224,358 | 4.2440 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,929 | 4.2605 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 11,615 | 4.2627 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 8,000 | 4.2694 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,251 | 4.2720 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 175 | 4.2722 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 36,973 | 4.2868 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 38,717 | 4.2932 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 36,258 | 4.2964 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 315,716 | 4.2991 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 95,944 | 4.3005 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 33,511 | 4.3055 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,116 | 4.2000 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 73,505 | 4.2360 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 208,605 | 4.2442 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,413 | 4.2443 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 62,275 | 4.2444 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 13,729 | 4.2510 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,738 | 4.2523 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 35,237 | 4.2590 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 7,458 | 4.2598 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,220 | 4.2607 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 22,559 | 4.2644 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 78 | 4.2646 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,249 | 4.2653 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,839 | 4.2654 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,367 | 4.2699 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 26 | 4.2726 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,506 | 4.2730 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 598 | 4.2740 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,427 | 4.2786 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 430 | 4.2794 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,435 | 4.2891 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 24,912 | 4.2316 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 3 | 4.2433 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 5,135 | 4.2437 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 42,954 | 4.2440 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 324 | 4.2580 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 6,108 | 4.2655 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 5,038 | 4.2707 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 14,255 | 4.2818 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 3,158 | 4.2382 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 44,407 | 4.2412 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 300 | 4.2583 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 23,951 | 4.2629 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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(ii) | Exercise |
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 05 Feb 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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