Holding(s) in Company

British Land Co PLC
06 January 2006


The British Land Company PLC announces that it received the following
notification on 6 January 2006, pursuant to sections 198-202 of the Companies
Act 1985:

That FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity
International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries are interested in
63,155,080 ordinary shares of 25p each, representing 12.17% of the total issued
ordinary share capital of the Company as at 5 January 2006.

The Company also received notice that Mr Edward C Johnson 3rd, the principal
shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited, was also deemed to
be interested in those shares.

6 January 2006




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