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Barclays PLC, British Land Company PLC

Form 8.3 BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC, THE

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 1813V
Barclays PLC
03 March 2026
 

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

 

 

positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

(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

 

 

offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of

 

offeror/offeree:

(e)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

02 Mar 2026

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

YES:

 

 

 

disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

LIFE SCIENCE REIT PLC

 

2.

POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree

 

 

to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)

 

Class of relevant security:

25p ordinary

 

Interests

Short Positions

 

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

11,134,930

1.11%

4,896,118

0.49%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,756,090

0.48%

6,203,966

0.62%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

15,891,020

1.59%

11,100,084

1.11%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

 

 

options)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant security in relation to

 

 

 

 

which subscription right exists

 

 

 

 

Details, including nature of the rights

 

 

 

 

concerned and relevant percentages:

 

 

 

 

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchases and sales

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

 

securities

 

25p ordinary

Purchase

236,050

4.0120  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

220,499

3.9885  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

181,809

3.9979  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

175,000

3.9886  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

141,508

4.0114  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

122,894

3.9855  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

114,909

3.9940  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

111,862

3.9858  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

93,245

4.0112  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

73,566

3.9859  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

68,931

3.9990  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

55,798

3.9975  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

44,361

4.0098  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

35,514

3.9776  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

34,588

3.9700  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

31,317

3.9827  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

26,301

3.9697  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

21,813

3.9910  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

18,424

3.9914  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

10,732

4.0000  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9,438

4.0020  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9,374

3.9978  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9,233

4.0012  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9,110

3.9738  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

8,167

3.9666  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7,905

3.9796  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7,296

3.9955  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

6,897

3.9835  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

6,546

3.9675  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

6,429

3.9960  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,689

3.9726  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,578

3.9862  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,648

3.9758  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,603

3.9580  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,540

3.9980  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,381

3.9770  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,357

3.9880  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,095

3.9800  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,999

3.9802  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,583

3.9925  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,343

4.0026  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,243

3.9820  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,072

3.9958  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,820

4.0100  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,711

3.9836  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,502

3.9920  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,440

4.0080  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,407

3.9620  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,295

3.9900  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,192

4.0140  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,127

4.0060  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,051

3.9600  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

914

4.0200  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

794

3.9560  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

743

4.0160  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

720

4.0040  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

716

3.9950  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

688

3.9680  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

681

3.9970  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

541

3.9640  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

514

3.9720  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

453

3.9670  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

453

3.9550  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

452

3.9590  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

451

3.9660  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

432

4.0103  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

376

3.9740  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

373

3.9930  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

345

3.9870  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

342

4.0110  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

294

3.9760  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

237

3.9677  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

201

3.9860  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

197

4.0220  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

194

3.9780  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

170

3.9605  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

169

3.9840  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

70

4.0011  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

47

3.9737  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

38

4.0155  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

12

3.9630  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

376,879

4.0099  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

227,121

4.0088  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

141,740

4.0120  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

91,666

3.9829  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

44,957

4.0005  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

34,823

3.9644  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

32,097

3.9940  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

28,002

3.9967  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

23,455

4.0140  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

23,119

4.0057  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

15,650

3.9935  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

15,194

3.9961  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

13,409

3.9700  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

11,953

4.0080  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

10,059

4.0000  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

9,034

3.9650  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

7,681

3.9861  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

7,183

4.0037  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

7,143

4.0049  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

6,727

3.9960  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

6,191

4.0011  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,625

3.9897  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,603

3.9926  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,429

4.0022  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,206

3.9664  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,377

3.9724  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,879

3.9740  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,855

4.0121  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,802

3.9848  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,797

3.9599  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,572

3.9929  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,568

3.9615  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,540

3.9980  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,357

3.9880  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,287

3.9590  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,258

3.9979  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,116

3.9896  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,095

3.9800  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,734

3.9924  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,699

3.9660  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,627

3.9915  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,613

3.9947  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,243

3.9820  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,919

3.9732  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,854

3.9785  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,820

4.0100  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,579

4.0050  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,498

3.9928  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,451

3.9920  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,407

3.9620  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,366

3.9580  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,295

3.9900  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,261

3.9910  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,145

3.9870  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,127

4.0060  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,126

3.9837  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,037

4.0020  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

914

4.0200  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

888

4.0160  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

886

3.9930  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

794

3.9560  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

790

3.9860  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

768

4.0040  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

716

3.9950  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

688

3.9680  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

681

3.9970  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

635

3.9990  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

626

4.0119  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

541

3.9640  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

514

3.9720  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

453

3.9670  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

453

3.9550  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

378

3.9600  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

342

4.0110  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

294

3.9760  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

237

3.9681  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

197

4.0220  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

194

3.9780  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

170

3.9609  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

169

3.9840  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

104

3.9715  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

103

3.9971  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

51

3.9923  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

47

3.9741  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

12

3.9630  GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

 

reference

unit

security

 

 

securities

 

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,000

3.9700  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

84

3.9743  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

813

3.9790  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,116

3.9896  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,603

3.9926  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,498

3.9928  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,613

3.9946  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

103

3.9971  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

451

4.0047  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

168

4.0080  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

511

4.0111  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

578

4.0111  USD

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

95,054

4.0112  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

626

4.0119  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,536

4.0120  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

42,889

3.9636  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,635

3.9697  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

96

3.9723  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

24,474

3.9767  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,168

3.9774  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,863

3.9801  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,567

3.9808  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,331

3.9812  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

73,566

3.9859  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,742

3.9863  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

220,499

3.9885  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

175,000

3.9886  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,451

3.9907  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,583

3.9925  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,625

3.9940  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,374

3.9978  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

68,296

3.9990  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

68,973

3.9996  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,233

4.0012  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,343

4.0026  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,079

4.0030  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,466

4.0092  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

111,115

4.0120  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

21,579

3.9631  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

19,356

3.9706  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,890

3.9712  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

2,119

3.9754  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

28,002

3.9967  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

22,637

4.0116  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

466

4.0119  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

104

4.0120  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

21,706

4.0139  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

26,301

3.9697  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

9,549

3.9746  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

156,069

4.0019  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

466

4.0119  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,164

4.0120  GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

 

date

money

relevant

 

selling,

securities

per unit

 

 

paid/

security

 

varying etc

to which

 

 

 

received

 

 

 

option

 

 

 

per unit

 

 

 

relates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Exercise

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

 

 

securities

unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

 

 

applicable)

 

 

 

 

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings 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:

 

 

 

NONE

(b)

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

 

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between

 

 

the person 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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

 

 

any derivative is referenced:

 

 

 

 

 

 

NONE

(c)

Attachments

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

03 Mar 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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