Directorate Change

Land Securities Group Plc 14 July 2004 14 July 2004 LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC ('Land Securities' / 'Company' / 'Group') DIRECTORATE CHANGES Land Securities announces that Alison Carnwath has been appointed to the Board as a non-executive director with effect from 1 September 2004. On joining the Board, she will serve as an independent member of both the Audit and Remuneration committees. Alison, 51, qualified as an accountant in 1979 and began her banking career in 1980, when she joined Lloyds Bank International. In 1983, she joined J Henry Schroder Wagg & Co Ltd, becoming a director in 1988, gaining considerable corporate finance experience. From 1993 until 1997, she was a Partner at Phoenix Securities and, following its takeover, subsequently a Managing Director at DLJ. Alison also has extensive experience as a non-executive director, with a broad range of companies such as the Nationwide Building Society, Arcadia Group, National Power and Sears. Her current non-executive directorships include the, Gallaher Group Plc, Friends Provident plc, Man Group plc Glas Cymru and the Chairmanship of The Vitec Group plc. Alison has announced her intention to step down as Chairman of The Vitec Group by the end of 2004. Commenting on the appointment, Land Securities' Chairman, Peter Birch, said, 'Alison's extensive experience as a senior non-executive director across a wide range of industries, coupled with her banking and accounting background, will bring a wealth of senior guidance and counsel to the Board. We are delighted to welcome her to the Company.' Alison Carnwath added, 'I am extremely pleased to be joining Land Securities at this exciting time and I look forward to working with the Company.' Land Securities also confirms that Francis Salway and Mark Collins have today assumed their roles as Group Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer respectively and, as announced previously, both Ian Henderson and Peter Freeman stepped down from the Board today. Peter Birch commented, 'The Board would like to take this opportunity again to thank Ian Henderson for his tremendous contribution to the Company over the last 33 years and are grateful that he leaves the Group extremely well positioned for future growth under the stewardship of Francis Salway. We are very pleased that we will continue to benefit from his experience until the end of 2004, as he leads the Group's representations on government and public sector initiatives. We are also pleased that Peter Freeman will continue to act as a consultant to the Group.' -Ends- For further information, please contact: Land Securities Financial Dynamics Emma Denne/Peter Birch Stephanie Highett/Dido Laurimore Tel: +44(0) 20 7413 9000 Tel: +44(0) 20 7831 3113 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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