Director/PDMR Shareholding

British Land Co PLC
10 January 2008


The British Land Company PLC announces that on 9th January 2008, in London, Sir
David Michels, Lord Turnbull, Clive Cowdery and Robert Swannell, Directors of
the Company, were allotted the following number of shares of 25p each in the
Company, at a price of 879.5 pence per share;


Sir David Michels                                     1,171

Lord Turnbull                                           284

Clive Cowdery                                           835

Robert Swannell                                         568


The shares allotted to Lord Turnbull and Robert Swannell were pursuant to their
standing instructions to receive shares as part satisfaction of their annual
directors' fees.  The shares allotted to Clive Cowdery and Sir David Michels
were pursuant to their standing instructions to receive shares as total
satisfaction of their annual directors' fees.



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