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

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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
09 March 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:

06 March 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

1,352,085

3.8959 GBP

3.7820 GBP

25p ordinary

PURCHASES

1,510,354

3.9040 GBP

3.7920 GBP

25p ordinary

PURCHASES

54,227

5.0974 USD

5.0880 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

3,300

3.8023 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

97,687

3.8030 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,095

3.8040 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

12,048

3.8040 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

2

3.8040 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

2,813

3.8040 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

83

3.8040 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

79,465

3.8041 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

58,739

3.8046 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

441

3.8049 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

8,301

3.8148 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

9,822

3.8191 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

2

3.8242 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

865

3.8260 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

2

3.8282 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

309

3.8799 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

27

3.8000 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

7

3.8000 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

15,062

3.8022 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,235

3.8032 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,556

3.8032 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

520

3.8032 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

38,840

3.8037 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

14,722

3.8037 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

9,815

3.8037 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

77,233

3.8037 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

25,893

3.8037 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

23,853

3.8038 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

38,646

3.8040 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

12

3.8040 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

833

3.8040 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

5

3.8040 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,016

3.8063 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

932

3.8080 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,209

3.8160 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,872

3.8160 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

39,546

3.8167 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,675

3.8176 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

101,073

3.8254 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

8,712

3.8335 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

20,400

3.8392 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

3,700

3.8402 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

278

3.8600 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

159

3.8600 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

104

3.8600 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

81,617

3.8036 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,876

3.8040 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

13,967

3.8041 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

3,911

3.8067 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

10,899

3.8134 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

18,155

3.8144 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

18,109

3.8151 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

31,331

3.8166 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,202

3.8197 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

4,435

3.8197 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

294

3.8197 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

2,057

3.8205 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

336

3.8224 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

73,710

3.8237 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

49,450

3.8264 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,236

3.8272 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

282

3.8285 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

2,648

3.8288 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

991

3.8353 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,189

3.8400 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

73

3.8604 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1

3.8741 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

104

3.7970 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

159

3.7970 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

2,554

3.7972 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

4,319

3.8033 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

18,041

3.8040 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

7,352

3.8040 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

38,646

3.8040 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

278

3.8040 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

951

3.8042 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

2,247

3.8052 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

4,493

3.8080 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

462

3.8156 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

19,131

3.8189 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

942

3.8221 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

9,084

3.8222 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

640

3.8380 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

4,341

3.8959 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:

09 March 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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