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RNS Number : 8701Z Societe Generale SA 09 April 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: SOCIETE GENERALE SA
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if
different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For
a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this British Land Company plc, the
form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(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: 08/04/2026
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable
date prior to the disclosure
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making Yes: Life Science REIT plc
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security.
(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: 8,789,371 0.88 871,248 0.09
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 766,031 0.08 6,602 0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00 0 0.00
purchase/sell:
9,555,402 0.96 877,850 0.09
TOTAL:
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded
options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be
given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors'
and other employee 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
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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 Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit
GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,896 3.81288
25p ordinary Purchase 1 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 9 3.829
25p ordinary Purchase 10 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 24 3.893
25p ordinary Purchase 49 3.904
25p ordinary Purchase 50 3.903
25p ordinary Purchase 55 3.833
25p ordinary Purchase 59 3.894
25p ordinary Purchase 75 3.829
25p ordinary Purchase 91 3.841
25p ordinary Purchase 95 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 105 3.834
25p ordinary Purchase 118 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 123 3.861
25p ordinary Purchase 182 3.869
25p ordinary Purchase 231 3.833
25p ordinary Purchase 232 3.834
25p ordinary Purchase 247 3.905
25p ordinary Purchase 271 3.841
25p ordinary Purchase 281 3.838
25p ordinary Purchase 281 3.838
25p ordinary Purchase 308 3.83
25p ordinary Purchase 346 3.894
25p ordinary Purchase 405 3.882
25p ordinary Purchase 405 3.895
25p ordinary Purchase 405 3.909
25p ordinary Purchase 572 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 658 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 665 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 680 3.83
25p ordinary Purchase 680 3.833
25p ordinary Purchase 680 3.833
25p ordinary Purchase 693 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 732 3.839
25p ordinary Purchase 778 3.833
25p ordinary Purchase 833 3.903
25p ordinary Purchase 847 3.901
25p ordinary Purchase 885 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 908 3.855
25p ordinary Purchase 929 3.829
25p ordinary Purchase 989 3.892
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.828
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.829
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.83
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.833
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.833
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.834
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.835
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.837
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.848
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.857
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.858
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.862
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.87
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.878
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.886
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.889
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.89
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.891
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.895
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.909
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.91
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.91
25p ordinary Purchase 1,013 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 1,038 3.83
25p ordinary Purchase 1,118 3.855
25p ordinary Purchase 1,141 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 1,291 3.833
25p ordinary Purchase 1,336 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 1,664 3.841
25p ordinary Purchase 1,745 3.838
25p ordinary Purchase 1,844 3.869
25p ordinary Purchase 1,903 3.863
25p ordinary Purchase 1,931 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 2,026 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 2,026 3.833
25p ordinary Purchase 2,026 3.835
25p ordinary Purchase 2,026 3.837
25p ordinary Purchase 2,026 3.837
25p ordinary Purchase 2,026 3.837
25p ordinary Purchase 2,026 3.838
25p ordinary Purchase 2,026 3.838
25p ordinary Purchase 2,026 3.841
25p ordinary Purchase 2,026 3.859
25p ordinary Purchase 2,026 3.91
25p ordinary Purchase 2,026 3.918
25p ordinary Purchase 2,026 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 2,026 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 2,026 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 4,051 3.943
25p ordinary Purchase 4,052 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 4,052 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 4,052 3.918
25p ordinary Purchase 4,052 3.919
25p ordinary Purchase 4,052 3.919
25p ordinary Purchase 24,315 3.8658
25p ordinary Purchase 52 3.835
25p ordinary Purchase 60 3.828
25p ordinary Purchase 60 3.835
25p ordinary Purchase 208 3.861
25p ordinary Purchase 243 3.861
25p ordinary Purchase 394 3.835
25p ordinary Purchase 447 3.884
25p ordinary Purchase 447 3.886
25p ordinary Purchase 447 3.886
25p ordinary Purchase 447 3.888
25p ordinary Purchase 447 3.893
25p ordinary Purchase 448 3.885
25p ordinary Purchase 450 3.863
25p ordinary Purchase 451 3.862
25p ordinary Purchase 453 3.84
25p ordinary Purchase 453 3.842
25p ordinary Purchase 453 3.843
25p ordinary Purchase 453 3.844
25p ordinary Purchase 453 3.848
25p ordinary Purchase 454 3.834
25p ordinary Purchase 454 3.836
25p ordinary Purchase 454 3.836
25p ordinary Purchase 455 3.825
25p ordinary Purchase 455 3.83
25p ordinary Purchase 1,858 3.844
25p ordinary Purchase 98 3.834
25p ordinary Purchase 1,350 3.862
25p ordinary Purchase 1,359 3.844
25p ordinary Purchase 1,359 3.844
25p ordinary Purchase 1,359 3.845
25p ordinary Purchase 1,360 3.84
25p ordinary Purchase 1,360 3.841
25p ordinary Purchase 1,360 3.841
25p ordinary Purchase 1,360 3.842
25p ordinary Purchase 1,360 3.843
25p ordinary Purchase 1,361 3.839
25p ordinary Purchase 1,363 3.833
25p ordinary Purchase 1,363 3.834
25p ordinary Purchase 1,363 3.835
25p ordinary Purchase 1,363 3.836
25p ordinary Purchase 1,364 3.828
25p ordinary Purchase 1,364 3.829
25p ordinary Purchase 1,364 3.829
25p ordinary Purchase 1,364 3.83
25p ordinary Purchase 1,364 3.832
25p ordinary Purchase 1,365 3.826
25p ordinary Purchase 1,365 3.827
25p ordinary Purchase 1,366 3.824
25p ordinary Purchase 1,366 3.824
25p ordinary Purchase 1,366 3.825
25p ordinary Purchase 1,366 3.825
25p ordinary Purchase 1,366 3.826
25p ordinary Purchase 1,366 3.827
25p ordinary Purchase 1,366 3.828
25p ordinary Purchase 1,506 3.89
25p ordinary Purchase 1,506 3.893
25p ordinary Purchase 1,508 3.889
25p ordinary Purchase 1,513 3.876
25p ordinary Purchase 1,524 3.852
25p ordinary Purchase 1,527 3.845
25p ordinary Purchase 1,530 3.838
25p ordinary Purchase 1,531 3.835
25p ordinary Purchase 1,532 3.835
25p ordinary Purchase 1,533 3.829
25p ordinary Purchase 18 3.82167
25p ordinary Purchase 309 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 708 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 709 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 710 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 716 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 987 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 1,119 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 1,148 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 1,207 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 1,828 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 2,064 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 2,528 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 2,846 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 2,902 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 2,904 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 3,093 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 3,792 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 4,052 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 4,052 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 4,052 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 5,771 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 6,041 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 8,031 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 8,104 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 12,926 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 22,685 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 1,356 3.812
25p ordinary Purchase 1,554 3.81194
25p ordinary Purchase 7 3.865
25p ordinary Purchase 81 3.861
25p ordinary Purchase 122 3.856
25p ordinary Purchase 122 3.857
25p ordinary Purchase 122 3.859
25p ordinary Purchase 122 3.86
25p ordinary Purchase 122 3.862
25p ordinary Purchase 244 3.859
25p ordinary Sale 11 3.884
25p ordinary Sale 106 3.848
25p ordinary Sale 119 3.884
25p ordinary Sale 159 3.848
25p ordinary Sale 276 3.886
25p ordinary Sale 315 3.886
25p ordinary Sale 478 3.884
25p ordinary Sale 603 3.848
25p ordinary Sale 701 3.897
25p ordinary Sale 717 3.882
25p ordinary Sale 626 3.8795
25p ordinary Sale 802 3.885
25p ordinary Sale 680 3.879
25p ordinary Sale 567 3.882
25p ordinary Sale 658 3.873
25p ordinary Sale 658 3.873
25p ordinary Sale 827 3.889
25p ordinary Sale 31 3.879
25p ordinary Sale 39 3.879
25p ordinary Sale 47 3.879
25p ordinary Sale 87 3.847
25p ordinary Sale 110 3.879
25p ordinary Sale 131 3.882
25p ordinary Sale 280 3.891
25p ordinary Sale 288 3.869
25p ordinary Sale 311 3.847
25p ordinary Sale 320 3.847
25p ordinary Sale 324 3.869
25p ordinary Sale 326 3.859
25p ordinary Sale 332 3.859
25p ordinary Sale 337 3.847
25p ordinary Sale 346 3.859
25p ordinary Sale 349 3.869
25p ordinary Sale 362 3.868
25p ordinary Sale 367 3.848
25p ordinary Sale 370 3.873
25p ordinary Sale 371 3.869
25p ordinary Sale 385 3.868
25p ordinary Sale 528 3.869
25p ordinary Sale 625 3.859
25p ordinary Sale 639 3.868
25p ordinary Sale 841 3.888
25p ordinary Sale 864 3.891
25p ordinary Sale 896 3.878
25p ordinary Sale 921 3.873
25p ordinary Sale 955 3.812
25p ordinary Sale 1,355 3.854
25p ordinary Sale 5,380 3.812
25p ordinary Sale 5,871 3.812
25p ordinary Sale 6,259 3.812
25p ordinary Sale 21,636 3.812
25p ordinary Sale 605 3.826
25p ordinary Sale 1,572 3.826
25p ordinary Sale 1,075 3.896
25p ordinary Sale 1,770 3.837
25p ordinary Sale 2,075 3.826
25p ordinary Sale 1,069 3.847
25p ordinary Sale 1,087 3.837
25p ordinary Sale 2,142 3.835
25p ordinary Sale 140 3.891
25p ordinary Sale 92 3.838
25p ordinary Sale 2,038 3.854
25p ordinary Sale 17,276 3.86219
25p ordinary Sale 307 3.812
25p ordinary Sale 11,106 3.812
25p ordinary Sale 1,110 3.843
25p ordinary Sale 2,113 3.838
25p ordinary Sale 7,283 3.87413
25p ordinary Sale 1,072 3.824
25p ordinary Sale 2,147 3.852
25p ordinary Sale 2,207 3.835
25p ordinary Sale 1,356 3.812
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short GBP
position
25p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2,896 3.81288
(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 Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
4. 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 person
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 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 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
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 09/04/2026
Contact name: Paul Jenkins
Telephone number*: +44 20 7676 6969
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 disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be
included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market
Surveillance Unit.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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