Result of EGM

British Land Co PLC
20 December 2006



                                                           20th December 2006

                          THE BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC

                    RESULTS OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING


British Land announces the results of the poll taken at the Extraordinary
General Meeting of the Company held earlier today to amend the Articles of
Association for the purpose of UK REIT conversion.

Votes (including votes withheld) were cast for a total of 317,822,005 ordinary
shares of the Company, representing 61 per cent. of the issued share capital.


The results of the poll were as follows:

                                     VOTES 
                                         
For                         Against                     Withheld   
Shares          As % of     Shares      As % of          Shares
                votes(1)                votes(1)
307,858,857     99.98       67,972      0.02            9,895,176


Following the meeting the Company has made its election for REIT status and has
received confirmation from HMRC that the election made is valid effective from 1
January 2007.

Copies of the Resolution passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting will be
available shortly for inspection by the public during normal business hours on
any weekday (except public holidays) at the UK Listing Authority's Document
Viewing Facility, which is situated at the Financial Services Authority, 25 The
North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS (tel: [phone]).


Contacts


The British Land Company PLC
Laura de Vere
Corporate Communications Director 020 7467 2920

Finsbury:
Ed Simpkins 020 7251 3801

(Note 1: Excludes votes withheld).




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