14th Apr 2026 13:18
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: | 13 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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| and/or controlled: |
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| 11,940,477 | 1.19% | 10,333,608 | 1.03% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 9,996,005 | 1.00% | 9,225,022 | 0.92% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 21,936,482 | 2.19% | 19,558,630 | 1.96% |
(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 | 380,398 | 3.7656 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 211,517 | 3.7691 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 166,188 | 3.7687 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 140,199 | 3.7700 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 108,118 | 3.7698 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 64,887 | 3.7608 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 42,792 | 3.7690 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 39,540 | 3.7635 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 39,496 | 3.7610 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 15,959 | 3.7609 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 13,444 | 3.7605 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 12,850 | 3.7699 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 11,558 | 3.7594 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 11,200 | 3.7593 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 8,606 | 3.7696 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 8,165 | 3.7683 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,142 | 3.7578 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,446 | 3.7694 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,224 | 3.7651 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,158 | 3.7529 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,657 | 3.7460 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,234 | 3.7650 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,915 | 3.7450 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,900 | 3.7639 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,871 | 3.7494 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,816 | 3.7528 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,730 | 3.7525 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,580 | 3.7632 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,552 | 3.7520 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,454 | 3.7645 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,094 | 3.7660 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 649 | 3.7521 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 547 | 3.7596 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 499 | 3.7604 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 333 | 3.7607 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 331 | 3.7600 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 328 | 3.7602 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 215 | 3.7620 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 145 | 3.7705 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 79 | 3.7648 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 78 | 3.7707 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 53 | 3.7716 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 600,479 | 3.7680 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 482,171 | 3.7698 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 286,756 | 3.7700 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 224,880 | 3.7690 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 212,232 | 3.7691 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 61,037 | 3.7609 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 38,808 | 3.7608 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 37,191 | 3.7618 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 36,301 | 3.7660 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 30,674 | 3.7668 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 27,083 | 3.7511 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 26,888 | 3.7605 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 25,000 | 3.7590 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 22,983 | 3.7621 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 21,800 | 3.7592 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 19,119 | 3.7611 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 18,917 | 3.7606 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 15,935 | 3.7645 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 14,482 | 3.7688 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 9,948 | 3.7616 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 9,831 | 3.7669 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 9,690 | 3.7631 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 8,733 | 3.7692 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 6,822 | 3.7566 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 6,524 | 3.7614 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,779 | 3.7594 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,400 | 3.7653 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,273 | 3.7479 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,200 | 3.7513 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,816 | 3.7554 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,723 | 3.7694 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,994 | 3.7655 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,959 | 3.7576 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,166 | 3.7583 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,048 | 3.7625 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 856 | 3.7524 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 823 | 3.7480 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 776 | 3.7520 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 704 | 3.7450 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 704 | 3.7490 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 669 | 3.7525 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 626 | 3.7410 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 516 | 3.7600 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 195 | 3.7601 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 155 | 3.7541 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 | 626 | 3.7410 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 155 | 3.7541 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,822 | 3.7566 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 959 | 3.7576 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,166 | 3.7583 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 685 | 3.7586 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 15,935 | 3.7645 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,400 | 3.7653 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 600,479 | 3.7680 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 34,824 | 3.7688 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 715 | 3.7691 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 8,733 | 3.7692 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 227,951 | 3.7699 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 289,234 | 3.7700 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,816 | 3.7527 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,287 | 3.7583 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 136 | 3.7600 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 328 | 3.7602 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,580 | 3.7632 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,900 | 3.7639 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,454 | 3.7645 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 79 | 3.7648 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,234 | 3.7650 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,224 | 3.7651 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 285 | 3.7654 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 39,308 | 3.7676 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 723 | 3.7677 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 126,880 | 3.7691 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 78 | 3.7707 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 477 | 3.7697 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 7,264 | 3.7698 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 39,540 | 3.7635 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 2,791 | 3.7686 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: | 14 Apr 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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