16th Apr 2026 13:07
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: | 15 Apr 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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| 11,811,934 | 1.18% | 11,511,272 | 1.15% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 11,325,331 | 1.13% | 9,124,941 | 0.91% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| and agreements to purchase/sell: |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 23,137,265 | 2.31% | 20,636,213 | 2.06% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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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 | 108,574 | 3.9170 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 65,785 | 3.9148 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 61,174 | 3.9147 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 60,716 | 3.9108 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 45,801 | 3.9150 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 32,729 | 3.9015 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 28,298 | 3.9120 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 26,593 | 3.9063 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 25,429 | 3.9205 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 23,150 | 3.9000 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 19,006 | 3.9169 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 14,261 | 3.9105 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 13,375 | 3.8900 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 11,235 | 3.9091 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 9,738 | 3.9164 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,734 | 3.9059 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,563 | 3.8897 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,358 | 3.8944 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,072 | 3.9050 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,392 | 3.9128 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,243 | 3.9004 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,829 | 3.9249 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,813 | 3.8865 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,803 | 3.9188 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,784 | 3.8885 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,646 | 3.8858 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,373 | 3.8840 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,219 | 3.9270 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,147 | 3.9237 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,066 | 3.8974 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 993 | 3.8930 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 877 | 3.8870 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 860 | 3.8871 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 576 | 3.8882 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 436 | 3.8955 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 414 | 3.8964 GBP | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 300 | 5.2700 USD | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 112 | 3.9070 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 58 | 3.9053 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 350,156 | 3.8900 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 234,149 | 3.9170 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 173,166 | 3.9151 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 79,023 | 3.8873 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 46,907 | 3.9175 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 41,841 | 3.9060 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 22,252 | 3.8951 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 18,921 | 3.9055 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 17,500 | 3.8140 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 15,800 | 3.9153 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 12,250 | 3.8700 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 11,426 | 3.9046 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7,534 | 3.9161 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 6,994 | 3.8920 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 6,754 | 3.8966 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,242 | 3.9018 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,563 | 3.8897 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,110 | 3.8876 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,963 | 3.9143 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,745 | 3.9035 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,104 | 3.8930 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,813 | 3.8865 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,682 | 3.9004 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,337 | 3.9061 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,259 | 3.8937 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,144 | 3.8987 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 770 | 3.9185 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 746 | 3.8980 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 700 | 3.8835 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 495 | 3.8982 GBP | ||||
ADR | Sale | 300 | 5.2700 USD | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 171 | 3.9250 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 169 | 3.9070 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 75 | 3.8990 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 60 | 3.9260 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 38 | 3.9230 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1 | 3.9220 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 | 17,500 | 3.8140 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 12,250 | 3.8700 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 79,023 | 3.8873 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,110 | 3.8876 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 350,156 | 3.8900 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 22,300 | 3.8925 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,857 | 3.8954 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,754 | 3.8966 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,562 | 3.9009 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 41,841 | 3.9060 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 169 | 3.9070 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 20,216 | 3.9098 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,963 | 3.9143 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 15,800 | 3.9153 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 578 | 3.9167 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 65,345 | 3.9169 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 171,614 | 3.9170 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,373 | 3.8840 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,400 | 3.8862 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 860 | 3.8871 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,150 | 3.8939 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 9,488 | 3.8967 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 11,416 | 3.9000 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,807 | 3.9008 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 32,729 | 3.9015 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 58 | 3.9052 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 14,261 | 3.9105 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 60,716 | 3.9108 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 7,925 | 3.9123 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,231 | 3.9166 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 35,810 | 3.9170 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 25,429 | 3.9205 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 394 | 3.9270 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 20,765 | 3.9021 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 19,028 | 3.9168 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 242 | 3.9169 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 23,825 | 3.9172 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 |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
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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: | 16 Apr 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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