Director/PDMR Shareholding

British Land Co PLC
13 July 2005


The British Land Company PLC announces that on 12th July 2005, in London, Sir
Derek Higgs, Lord Burns, Dr C Gibson-Smith and Mr D Michels, Directors of the
Company, were allotted the following number of ordinary shares of 25p each in
the Company, at a price of 873 pence per share;

Director                   No. of shares allotted
Sir Derek Higgs                      172
Lord Burns                           172
Dr C Gibson-Smith                    833
Mr D Michels                         749

The shares allotted to Sir Derek Higgs and Lord Burns were pursuant to their
standing instructions to receive shares as part satisfaction of their annual
directors' fees. The shares allotted to Dr C Gibson-Smith and Mr D Michels were
pursuant to their standing instructions to receive shares as total satisfaction
of their annual directors' fees.


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