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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: | 27 Mar 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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| 11,060,263 | 1.11% | 7,924,701 | 0.79% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 7,771,918 | 0.78% | 8,899,548 | 0.89% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| TOTAL: |
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| 18,832,181 | 1.88% | 16,824,249 | 1.68% |
(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 | 621,923 | 3.5020 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 169,358 | 3.4320 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 165,053 | 3.4612 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 92,027 | 3.4394 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 54,526 | 3.4330 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 41,882 | 3.4417 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 24,464 | 3.4436 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 22,190 | 3.4337 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 22,189 | 3.4322 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 19,267 | 3.4709 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 18,104 | 3.5295 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 16,731 | 3.4745 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 15,295 | 3.4356 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 15,129 | 3.4379 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 11,361 | 3.5133 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 10,795 | 3.5057 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 10,308 | 3.5247 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 9,160 | 3.4488 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 8,424 | 3.5075 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 7,547 | 3.4661 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,490 | 3.4541 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,082 | 3.4466 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,629 | 3.4422 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,215 | 3.4696 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,474 | 3.4752 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,434 | 3.4909 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,274 | 3.4860 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,241 | 3.5049 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,854 | 3.4691 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,772 | 3.5035 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,613 | 3.4296 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,482 | 3.4739 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,461 | 3.4835 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,150 | 3.5132 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,727 | 3.4332 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,502 | 3.5359 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,464 | 3.5187 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,064 | 3.4591 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 969 | 3.5000 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 969 | 3.4998 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 821 | 3.4310 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 709 | 3.5040 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 617 | 3.4420 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 599 | 3.4260 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 486 | 3.5080 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 436 | 3.4419 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 391 | 3.4547 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 329 | 3.5600 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 290 | 3.4340 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 251 | 3.4240 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 170 | 3.4280 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 21 | 3.4180 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 243,638 | 3.4344 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 143,414 | 3.4320 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 114,161 | 3.4352 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 62,659 | 3.4425 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 30,440 | 3.5011 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 27,629 | 3.4797 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 22,808 | 3.4457 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 17,038 | 3.4765 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 15,465 | 3.4321 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 12,846 | 3.4753 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 11,160 | 3.4400 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 6,496 | 3.5278 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 6,048 | 3.4491 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,451 | 3.4355 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,567 | 3.5411 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,429 | 3.4767 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,933 | 3.4544 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,820 | 3.4740 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,536 | 3.4339 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,258 | 3.4317 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,103 | 3.5283 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,064 | 3.4376 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,055 | 3.5173 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,790 | 3.4608 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,754 | 3.4300 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,657 | 3.4240 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,315 | 3.5234 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,251 | 3.4460 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,188 | 3.4571 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,180 | 3.4656 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,089 | 3.4960 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,034 | 3.4560 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 969 | 3.5000 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 836 | 3.5130 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 823 | 3.4280 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 815 | 3.5500 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 793 | 3.5320 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 720 | 3.4440 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 717 | 3.4313 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 709 | 3.5040 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 617 | 3.4420 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 350 | 3.4540 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 329 | 3.5600 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 200 | 3.5220 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 180 | 3.4260 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 124 | 3.5330 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 98 | 3.5090 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 64 | 3.4635 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 21 | 3.4180 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 | Decreasing Short | 717 | 3.4313 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,258 | 3.4317 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 326,718 | 3.4320 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,536 | 3.4339 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 114,161 | 3.4352 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 57,126 | 3.4393 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,530 | 3.4400 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,251 | 3.4460 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,790 | 3.4608 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13,889 | 3.4723 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,533 | 3.4745 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,429 | 3.4767 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 27,629 | 3.4797 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,233 | 3.4918 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 30,440 | 3.5011 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,734 | 3.5086 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 98,775 | 3.5485 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 114,161 | 3.4320 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 49,200 | 3.4321 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,189 | 3.4322 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,727 | 3.4332 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,190 | 3.4337 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 91 | 3.4364 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 29,300 | 3.4374 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 286 | 3.4389 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 92,027 | 3.4394 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 41,882 | 3.4417 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 41,815 | 3.4434 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 25,200 | 3.4467 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,837 | 3.4536 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 391 | 3.4547 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 343 | 3.4668 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 815 | 3.4727 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,482 | 3.4738 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,238 | 3.4745 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 621,923 | 3.5020 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,807 | 3.5179 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,733 | 3.5317 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 200 | 3.5540 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,728 | 3.5600 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,457 | 3.4240 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 2,426 | 3.4319 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 17,903 | 3.4391 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 5,694 | 3.4557 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 17,038 | 3.4765 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 5,873 | 3.4322 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 143,618 | 3.4703 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 10,795 | 3.5057 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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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: | 30 Mar 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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