Listing Rules - Declaration

British Land Co PLC
13 January 2003


As required by paragraph 16.4 of The Listing Rules of the Financial Services
Authority, The British Land Company PLC announces that neither Mr Christopher
Gibson-Smith nor Mr David Michels, appointed as directors of the Company on 1
January 2003, have any details that are required to be disclosed under paragraph
6 F2 (b) to (g) of The Listing Rules.

Mr Gibson-Smith is Chairman of National Air Traffic Services and a non-executive
director of Lloyds TSB Bank plc. Formerly he was Group Managing Director of BP
plc and a director of Powergen UK plc.

Mr David Michels is Chief Executive of Hilton Group plc. He is a non-executive
director of Hilton Hotels Corporation and, until recently, was a non-executive
director of Arcadia Group plc.


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