Form 8.3 BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC, THE

RNS Number : 0891W

Barclays PLC

10 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:				09 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:			11,925,531	1.19%	7,598,195	0.76%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				7,331,915	0.73%	7,231,452	0.72%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			19,257,446	1.93%	14,829,647	1.48%
(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		437,900		3.6441 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		263,011		3.6174 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		243,675		3.6540 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		116,896		3.6465 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		111,475		3.6378 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		107,692		3.6097 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		85,254		3.6178 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		78,741		3.6046 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		24,069		3.6320 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		22,205		3.6107 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		21,235		3.6216 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		16,884		3.6190 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		15,133		3.6130 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		13,646		3.6158 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		13,418		3.6471 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12,424		3.5965 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,652		3.6073 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,383		3.5800 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,941		3.5930 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,782		3.6255 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,420		3.6542 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,381		3.6233 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,931		3.6003 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,832		3.6050 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,161		3.5923 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,800		3.6025 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,071		3.6148 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,935		3.6037 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,834		3.5960 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,569		3.5927 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,506		3.6135 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,351		3.6057 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,202		3.5993 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,200		3.5980 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,057		3.6448 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,569		3.6140 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,303		3.6426 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,221		3.5900 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,923		3.5925 GBP
ADR		Purchase		2,350		4.7530 USD
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,213		3.5917 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,197		3.5880 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,936		3.6340 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,928		3.5825 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,913		3.6000 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,864		3.6153 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,806		3.5942 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,678		3.5860 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,678		3.6357 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,457		3.6260 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,391		3.6384 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,313		3.5915 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,281		3.6060 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,190		3.6280 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,115		3.6040 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,080		3.5920 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,077		3.5840 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,033		3.6380 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		999		3.6620 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		951		3.6420 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		951		3.6400 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		896		3.6240 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		866		3.6460 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		802		3.5820 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		791		3.6580 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		687		3.6200 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		609		3.5940 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		549		3.6180 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		545		3.6080 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		525		3.6360 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		520		3.6440 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		470		3.6020 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		431		3.6600 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		369		3.6300 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		357		3.6480 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		356		3.6520 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		351		3.6100 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		345		3.6220 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		343		3.6160 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		237		3.5910 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		189		3.6490 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		186		3.6660 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		181		3.6120 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		180		3.6010 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		179		3.6500 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		175		3.5740 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		168		3.6680 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		165		3.5810 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		134		3.6601 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		132		3.6297 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		87		3.6390 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		38		3.6560 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		18		3.5858 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		301,033		3.6533 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		194,000		3.5989 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		138,160		3.6810 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		131,215		3.6010 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		109,543		3.6039 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		100,232		3.6540 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		57,264		3.6538 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		39,530		3.6440 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		29,200		3.6237 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,861		3.6446 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,716		3.6525 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		20,300		3.6209 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		20,000		3.6217 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,876		3.6489 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		11,948		3.6153 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,900		3.6041 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,164		3.5880 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,621		3.6704 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,277		3.6519 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,371		3.5928 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,031		3.6437 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,624		3.6307 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,822		3.5976 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,887		3.6490 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,590		3.6526 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,569		3.6140 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,328		3.6134 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,243		3.6066 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,196		3.6156 GBP
ADR		Sale		2,350		4.7530 USD
25p ordinary		Sale		1,996		3.6280 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,942		3.6433 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,659		3.6000 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,637		3.5940 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,618		3.5980 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,500		3.5900 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,459		3.6257 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,457		3.6260 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,444		3.6444 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,384		3.5960 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,281		3.6060 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,235		3.6040 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,132		3.6680 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,082		3.6520 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,080		3.5920 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,077		3.5840 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,068		3.6259 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,033		3.6380 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		999		3.6620 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		951		3.6420 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		951		3.6400 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		896		3.6240 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		866		3.6460 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		832		3.6720 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		804		3.6508 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		802		3.5820 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		791		3.6580 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		779		3.6340 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		773		3.6500 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		716		3.6470 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		687		3.6200 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		601		3.6320 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		549		3.6180 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		545		3.6080 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		525		3.6360 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		470		3.6020 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		434		3.6610 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		431		3.6600 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		430		3.5860 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		383		3.5800 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		369		3.6300 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		357		3.6480 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		351		3.6100 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		345		3.6220 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		343		3.6160 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		281		3.6270 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		237		3.5910 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		186		3.6660 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		181		3.6120 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		175		3.5740 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		165		3.5930 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		165		3.5810 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		87		3.6390 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		79		3.6248 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		38		3.6560 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		23		3.6283 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12		3.5969 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 Long		37,431	3.6065 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		101,000	3.5799 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,077	3.5835 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		360	3.5840 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		842	3.5880 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		610	3.5886 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		109,543	3.6039 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,243	3.6065 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		309	3.6070 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,686	3.6122 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,328	3.6134 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,948	3.6153 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,380	3.6180 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		93,000	3.6194 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,601	3.6208 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		9,699	3.6210 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		79	3.6247 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		281	3.6265 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,028	3.6287 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		397	3.6300 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		541	3.6380 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,744	3.6527 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		56,923	3.6538 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		188,923	3.6540 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,185	3.6545 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		138,160	3.6810 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18	3.5858 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		842	3.5880 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,664	3.5937 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		600	3.6043 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		41,293	3.6045 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		560	3.6048 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		61,412	3.6059 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		459	3.6069 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		309	3.6070 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		107,692	3.6097 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		92,660	3.6099 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,646	3.6157 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		263,011	3.6174 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,884	3.6190 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,169	3.6272 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		132	3.6297 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		397	3.6300 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,175	3.6335 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,921	3.6336 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,026	3.6366 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		156,000	3.6373 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		541	3.6380 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,303	3.6426 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		240,000	3.6441 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,057	3.6448 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,832	3.6468 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,873	3.6478 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40,180	3.6540 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		78	3.7100 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		79,231	3.6537 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		313	3.6539 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,350	3.5800 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		58,556	3.6467 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		26,462	3.6569 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:				10 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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