27th Feb 2026 14:00
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: | 26 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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| and/or controlled: |
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| 10,123,819 | 1.01% | 6,386,305 | 0.64% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 6,306,007 | 0.63% | 5,299,519 | 0.53% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 16,429,826 | 1.64% | 11,685,824 | 1.17% |
(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 | 810,217 | 4.0920 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 204,596 | 4.0922 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 200,666 | 4.0931 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 148,951 | 4.0837 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 127,104 | 4.1016 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 60,592 | 4.0824 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 56,481 | 4.0910 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 41,246 | 4.0952 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 28,953 | 4.0836 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 24,488 | 4.0906 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 20,093 | 4.0741 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 18,683 | 4.1062 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 13,446 | 4.0832 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 12,004 | 4.0968 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 8,934 | 4.0945 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 8,632 | 4.1035 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 8,416 | 4.1040 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 7,255 | 4.0857 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 7,024 | 4.0825 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,297 | 4.0955 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,973 | 4.0756 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,386 | 4.0814 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,527 | 4.0942 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,437 | 4.0800 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,390 | 4.0892 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,274 | 4.0722 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,160 | 4.1107 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,472 | 4.0953 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,418 | 4.1015 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,392 | 4.1180 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,180 | 4.0820 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 992 | 4.0907 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 987 | 4.1057 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 941 | 4.0860 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 892 | 4.0720 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 877 | 4.0949 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 743 | 4.1100 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 683 | 4.0960 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 674 | 4.0980 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 646 | 4.1080 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 555 | 4.1060 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 531 | 4.1020 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 462 | 4.0780 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 435 | 4.0940 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 433 | 4.0880 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 428 | 4.1091 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 364 | 4.1110 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 272 | 4.1200 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 213 | 4.0730 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 200 | 4.0870 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 196 | 4.0830 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 181 | 4.0840 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 128 | 4.1240 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 112 | 4.1140 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 97 | 4.1160 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 94 | 4.0760 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 93 | 4.1220 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 55 | 4.1460 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 520,317 | 4.0920 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 56,216 | 4.0998 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 35,775 | 4.0910 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 22,541 | 4.1129 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 21,217 | 4.0959 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 16,311 | 4.0797 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 11,991 | 4.0985 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 9,208 | 4.0913 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 8,959 | 4.1013 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7,709 | 4.0980 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,496 | 4.1139 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,393 | 4.0916 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,100 | 4.0914 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,042 | 4.0990 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,315 | 4.0911 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,144 | 4.1160 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,714 | 4.0840 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,319 | 4.1154 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,114 | 4.1100 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,857 | 4.0759 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,737 | 4.1298 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,669 | 4.0800 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,660 | 4.1108 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,472 | 4.0957 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,348 | 4.1045 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,180 | 4.0820 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,134 | 4.1040 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 941 | 4.0860 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 892 | 4.0720 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 683 | 4.0960 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 678 | 4.1180 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 646 | 4.1080 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 576 | 4.1206 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 555 | 4.1060 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 531 | 4.1020 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 519 | 4.0842 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 462 | 4.0780 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 435 | 4.0940 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 364 | 4.1110 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 325 | 4.1117 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 317 | 4.1240 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 272 | 4.1200 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 213 | 4.0730 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 200 | 4.0870 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 196 | 4.0830 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 195 | 4.0880 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 112 | 4.1140 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 100 | 4.0740 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 94 | 4.0760 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 93 | 4.1220 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 90 | 4.1209 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 39 | 4.1460 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 34 | 4.0944 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 | 100 | 4.0739 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,857 | 4.0759 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 478 | 4.0793 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 192 | 4.0810 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 519 | 4.0842 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,315 | 4.0911 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 9,208 | 4.0913 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,393 | 4.0916 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 30,702 | 4.0920 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 34 | 4.0942 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 320 | 4.0991 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 833 | 4.0992 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 178 | 4.1065 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 9 | 4.1066 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 377 | 4.1100 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,660 | 4.1108 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 325 | 4.1118 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 8,987 | 4.1129 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,496 | 4.1138 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,799 | 4.1147 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,319 | 4.1154 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,047 | 4.1160 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,737 | 4.1298 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 133 | 4.0714 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 91 | 4.0763 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 60,592 | 4.0824 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 186,449 | 4.0837 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 22,487 | 4.0852 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 363 | 4.0867 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 55,009 | 4.0891 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 992 | 4.0907 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,670 | 4.0909 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 38,073 | 4.0919 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 448,521 | 4.0920 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 224,423 | 4.0922 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 33,120 | 4.0939 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,297 | 4.0955 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 72,095 | 4.1111 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 23,495 | 4.1188 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 365 | 4.1205 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 350 | 4.0796 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 185 | 4.0918 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 46,781 | 4.0920 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 3 | 4.0933 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,076 | 4.0974 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 13,554 | 4.1129 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 24,971 | 4.0837 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 34,157 | 4.0919 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 25,753 | 4.0920 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 13,054 | 4.0975 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 428 | 4.1091 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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Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
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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: | 27 Feb 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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