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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
03 April 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:

02 April 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

1,722,921

3.6780 GBP

3.5600 GBP

25p ordinary

PURCHASES

771,038

3.6800 GBP

3.5820 GBP

 

(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

100,000

3.5779 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

3,723

3.5820 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

7,418

3.6223 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

69,282

3.6247 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

914

3.6279 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

12,939

3.6307 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

19,513

3.6387 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

9,453

3.6390 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

3,526

3.6390 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

61,476

3.6401 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

20,506

3.6421 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

15,299

3.6434 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

3,999

3.6464 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

975

3.6464 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

2,004

3.6464 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

14,317

3.6464 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

71,340

3.6465 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

4,815

3.6471 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

10,210

3.6481 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

4,465

3.6494 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

68,507

3.6494 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

56,940

3.6502 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

39,597

3.6502 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

311,033

3.6502 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

13,899

3.6502 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

4,340

3.6520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

520

3.6520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,955

3.6520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

900

3.6565 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

551

3.6571 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

77

3.6571 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

941

3.6571 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

83

3.6571 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

225

3.6572 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

980

3.6126 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

100

3.6203 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

4,896

3.6257 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

3,867

3.6296 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

14,022

3.6379 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

60,547

3.6395 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

3,544

3.6488 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

43,824

3.6492 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

53,473

3.6520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

248

3.6520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

70,346

3.6520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

16,013

3.6550 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

18,655

3.6556 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,969

3.6557 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,260

3.6557 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,645

3.6557 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

2,202

3.5803 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1

3.5820 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

536

3.5824 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

83

3.6208 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

22,975

3.6229 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

81,283

3.6229 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

74

3.6259 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

262

3.6260 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

30,224

3.6344 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

15,376

3.6395 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

33,526

3.6400 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

3,504

3.6509 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

5,265

3.6509 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

454

3.6520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

21,108

3.6520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

5,262

3.6520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

44,307

3.6525 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

41

3.6643 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

661

3.6645 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

6,543

3.6694 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

8,509

3.6694 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

64

3.5820 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

4,164

3.6024 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

7,323

3.6024 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

10,985

3.6024 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

50,324

3.6024 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

2,776

3.6024 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

19

3.6155 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

79

3.6200 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

2

3.6210 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,958

3.6264 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

170

3.6275 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

39,935

3.6357 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

13,078

3.6380 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

60,547

3.6387 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

5,324

3.6492 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

15

3.6502 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

60

3.6502 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

53,461

3.6520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

3

3.6520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

63,988

3.6520 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

27,364

3.6528 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

83

3.6530 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

108

3.6530 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

84,115

3.6559 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

179

3.6569 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

6,594

3.6572 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

883

3.6680 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,571

3.6696 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:

07 April 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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