Holding(s) in Company

British Land Co PLC
05 February 2003


The British Land Company PLC announces that it received notification on 4th
February 2003 that Legal & General Group Plc's current interest in the Company
is 16,165,675 ordinary 25p shares, representing 3.27% of the issued share
capital of the Company.


Details of this disclosure by Legal & General Group Plc are as follows:

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 914945                 64,946
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245                 2,380,437
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206                 12,269,078
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203                 708,600
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 904332                 44,800
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 916681                 27,200
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 754612                 170,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509                 500,614
Total                                                           16,165,675



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