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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - British Land Company plc, The

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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
18 February 2026
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

British Land Company plc, The

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

British Land Company plc, The

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

17 February 2026

(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

YES -Life Science REIT plc

 

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

(a)        Purchases and sales

 

Class of relevant security

Purchases/ sales

 

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

25p ordinary

SALES

1,720,057

4.1522 GBP

4.0616 GBP

25p ordinary

PURCHASES

1,941,685

4.1523 GBP

4.0620 GBP

25p ordinary

PURCHASES

1

5.5522 USD

5.5522 USD

25p ordinary

SALES

1

5.5765 USD

5.5765 USD

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

60

4.0616 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

3,006

4.0981 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,382

4.1020 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

112

4.1048 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

682

4.1060 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

2,201

4.1066 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

12,100

4.1066 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

492

4.1079 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,054

4.1084 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,696

4.1103 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

587

4.1126 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,229

4.1126 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

2,075

4.1126 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

518

4.1126 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

593

4.1126 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

220

4.1126 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

295

4.1126 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

758

4.1126 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

393

4.1126 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

255

4.1126 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,498

4.1151 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

155,692

4.1172 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,004

4.1196 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

154

4.1240 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

29,358

4.1261 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

52,571

4.1482 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

50,794

4.1520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

71,768

4.1520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

313

4.1520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

17

4.1520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

111

4.0620 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

3,551

4.0860 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,376

4.0918 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1

4.1020 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

22,851

4.1062 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,329

4.1068 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

4,000

4.1100 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

3,089

4.1101 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

28,552

4.1102 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

5,288

4.1103 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

32

4.1117 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

49

4.1120 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,294

4.1125 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

5,776

4.1200 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,320

4.1205 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

387

4.1412 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

895

4.1412 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,170

4.1412 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

4,932

4.1511 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

256

4.1520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

206

4.1520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

13,253

4.1520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

434

4.1520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

49

4.1522 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

25

4.1524 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

64

4.0620 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

868

4.0924 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

924

4.1024 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

153

4.1035 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

16,277

4.1036 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

38,146

4.1039 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

3,782

4.1040 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

9,140

4.1062 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

7,779

4.1066 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

29,713

4.1079 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

24,272

4.1093 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

19,255

4.1098 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

244

4.1111 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

2,706

4.1135 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

8,825

4.1137 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

4,993

4.1138 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

50

4.1182 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

862

4.1211 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

2,494

4.1211 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

12,002

4.1211 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

2,902

4.1211 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

9

4.1220 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

20,908

4.1227 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

96

4.1251 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

12,286

4.1306 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

31,898

4.1351 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

38,697

4.1475 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

674

4.1520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

212

4.1520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

2,294

4.1520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

32

4.0620 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

49

4.0620 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

663

4.0998 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,298

4.0998 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,662

4.1042 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

87

4.1100 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

15

4.1171 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1

4.1200 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

22,851

4.1261 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

20,224

4.1307 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

12,847

4.1403 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

28,272

4.1520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

5,319

4.1520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

687

4.1520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

5,776

4.1520 GBP

 

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

3.         OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

 

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

NONE

 

 

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

 

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

NONE

 

 

 

Date of disclosure:

18 February 2026
Contact name:

Claire Gordon
Telephone number:

+44 141 245-8893

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service. 

 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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