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British Land Company PLC

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

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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
16 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:

13 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

PURCHASES

3,720,424

3.7380 GBP

3.6500 GBP

25p ordinary

SALES

1,348,725

3.7400 GBP

3.6504 GBP

25p ordinary

SALES

1,864

4.8432 USD

4.8432 USD

25p ordinary

PURCHASES

41

4.9263 USD

4.8977 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

15,563

3.6559 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

324

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

33

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

200

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

210,700

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

4

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

152

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

95,322

3.6665 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

49

3.6680 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

2,523

3.6736 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

52,538

3.6746 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,900

3.6789 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

5,266

3.6854 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

39,303

3.6964 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

88,873

3.7033 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

101

3.7251 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

942

3.6540 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

40,483

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

11,411

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,004

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,000

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

13,531

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

8,250

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

15,200

3.6624 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

3,500

3.6625 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

6,203

3.6715 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,830

3.6737 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

60,574

3.6740 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,768

3.6742 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

3,462

3.6743 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

54,808

3.6793 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

670

3.6900 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

41

3.7009 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,909

3.7086 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

37

3.7120 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

56

3.7120 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,651

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

2,675

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

874

3.6561 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,418

3.6566 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

3,258

3.6611 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,816

3.6645 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

55,112

3.6655 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

31,862

3.6677 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

9,482

3.6680 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,079

3.6801 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

38,185

3.6839 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

943

3.6892 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

2,420

3.6997 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

2,579,491

3.7000 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

3,990

3.7026 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

193

3.7263 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

424

3.7264 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

894

3.7264 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

559

3.7264 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

3,699

3.7264 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

165

3.7265 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

898

3.7286 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

95

3.7300 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

419

3.7340 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

46,212

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,486

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

625

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,873

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

15

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

65

3.6560 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,864

3.6600 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

2,000

3.6640 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

15,611

3.6650 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,790

3.6674 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

82,067

3.6674 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

11,745

3.6691 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

7,731

3.6691 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

82,910

3.6697 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

10,170

3.6818 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

644

3.6852 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,411

3.6852 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

34,288

3.6908 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

10,375

3.6909 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

86,683

3.6991 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

215

3.7000 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

142

3.7000 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

795

3.7039 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

558

3.7140 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

335

3.7260 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

723

3.7278 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

185

3.7294 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

94

3.7294 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

259

3.7300 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:

16 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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