Holding(s) in Company

British Land Co PLC
17 April 2003


The British Land Company PLC announces that it received notification from ABP
Investments, a department of Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, on 17th April 2003,
pursuant to sections 198-202 of the Companies Act 1985, that Stichting
Pensioenfonds ABP has a notifiable beneficial interest in 19,986,272 ordinary
shares of 25p of the Company, comprising 4.09% of the total issued share capital
of the Company.


17 April 2003.


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