Share Buyback

British Land Co PLC
17 August 2007


The British Land Company PLC announces that it has purchased the following
number of its ordinary shares of 25p each on the London Stock Exchange.




Date of purchase: 17 August 2007

Number of ordinary shares purchased: 240,456


Highest price paid per share: 1,240p


Lowest price paid per share: 1,193p


Average price per share: 1,227.316p


The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.


Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 5,240,456 of its
ordinary shares in treasury and has 516,558,424 ordinary shares in issue
(excluding treasury shares).



17 August 2007.




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