Holding(s) in Company

British Land Co PLC
8 July 2002


The British Land Company PLC announces that it received notification on 5 July
2002, pursuant to sections 198-202 of the Companies Act 1985, that ML Invest 
PLC, ML nvest Holdings Limited, ML Invest, Inc., Merrill Lynch Group Inc. and
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. which are holding companies of Merrill Lynch
Investment Managers Ltd  no longer have a notifiable interest in the Company


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