Form 8.3 BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC, THE

RNS Number : 3224Y

Barclays PLC

26 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:				25 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:			10,974,035	1.10%	8,894,204	0.89%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				8,574,657	0.86%	8,863,069	0.89%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			19,548,692	1.96%	17,757,273	1.78%
(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		1,210,260		3.5340 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		152,241		3.5545 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		117,718		3.5560 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		95,981		3.5543 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		78,424		3.5559 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		70,975		3.5567 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		18,407		3.5546 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,132		3.5572 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,811		3.5442 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,105		3.5576 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,447		3.5395 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,292		3.5456 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,918		3.5520 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,844		3.5596 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,452		3.5359 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,347		3.5533 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,189		3.5500 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,322		3.5360 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,142		3.5454 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,038		3.5407 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		931		3.5540 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		765		3.5440 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		734		3.5550 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		328		3.5580 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		253		3.5302 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		165		3.5660 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		165		3.5640 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		164		3.5460 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		118		3.5529 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		86		3.5555 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		621,120		3.5556 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		265,533		3.5560 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		160,682		3.5548 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		87,549		3.5532 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		49,598		3.5640 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		37,167		3.5529 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		27,753		3.5450 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		27,583		3.5545 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,846		3.5550 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		19,448		3.5460 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,588		3.5547 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,210		3.5576 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,749		3.5535 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,532		3.5593 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,732		3.5549 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,688		3.5596 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,543		3.5442 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,297		3.5496 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,029		3.5597 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,950		3.5440 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,433		3.5503 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,909		3.5465 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,493		3.5538 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,492		3.5400 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,469		3.5590 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,244		3.5660 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,201		3.5220 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,049		3.5170 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		786		3.5380 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		328		3.5580 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		165		3.5540 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		3,329	3.5188 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,282	3.5189 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		151,229	3.5215 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,319	3.5465 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,297	3.5496 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,433	3.5502 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100,552	3.5532 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		25,440	3.5536 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		27,583	3.5545 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,588	3.5547 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		18,281	3.5550 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		236,779	3.5559 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		387,320	3.5560 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,029	3.5597 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		72,151	3.5012 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		253	3.5302 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,210,260	3.5340 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,452	3.5360 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200	3.5400 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		685	3.5516 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,918	3.5520 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,347	3.5533 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,568	3.5537 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,014	3.5548 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		86	3.5556 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		52,072	3.5560 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		70,975	3.5567 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		27,753	3.5450 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		22,059	3.5467 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		16,339	3.5555 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		30,334	3.5556 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		16,331	3.5558 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,682	3.5559 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		29,058	3.5560 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,082	3.5564 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,308	3.5565 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		49,433	3.5639 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		44,118	3.5467 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		91,289	3.5542 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,154	3.5565 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:				26 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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