Result of AGM

British Land Co PLC
16 July 2004


                                16th July 2004


                          THE BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC

                        RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING


The Board of British Land announces the results of the poll taken at the Annual
General Meeting of the Company held earlier today.  Votes (including votes
withheld) were cast for a total of 316,282,517 ordinary shares of the Company,
representing 64 per cent. of the issued share capital.

All resolutions were approved by substantial majorities in excess of 97% in each
case.

Full details of the results of the poll are set out in the Appendix to this
announcement.


Contacts

The British Land Company PLC
John Ritblat, Chairman                             )  tel: [phone]
John Weston Smith, Chief Operating Officer         )  tel: [phone]


Finsbury:
Edward Orlebar         )  tel: [phone]
Faeth Birch            )


Appendix

RESOLUTION          VOTES                                                         Votes Withheld
                         
                    For                             Against

                    Shares              As      %   Shares            As      %   Shares
                                        of votes                      of votes
                                        cast1                         cast1

1                   311,650,194         99.94       195,929           0.06        4,436,394
2                   315,863,310         99.87       415,490           0.13        3,717
3                   314,913,916         99.57       1,353,352         0.43        15,249
4                   314,918,875         99.58       1,342,343         0.42        21,299
5                   309,058,627         99.33       2,092,119         0.67        5,131,771
6                   312,804,844         99.55       1,416,373         0.45        2,061,300
7                   296,083,404         97.26       8,337,777         2.74        11,861,336
8                   312,276,587         98.76       3,934,434         1.24        71,496
9                   307,861,568         99.15       2,636,215         0.85        5,784,734
10                  313,369,508         99.09       2,877,844         0.91        35,165
11                  316,099,145         99.95       149,545           0.05        33,827
12                  316,250,363         99.99       19,349            0.01        12,805
13                  304,455,315         99.27       2,230,642         0.73        9,596,560


Note 1:  Excludes votes withheld

Note to Editors

The resolutions voted on at the AGM today were as follows:

1.   To receive the Report of the Directors and audited Accounts for the year 
     ended 31st March 2004.

2.   To declare a Final Dividend for the year ended 31st March 2004.

3.   To re-elect Mr Nicholas Ritblat as a Director.

4.   To re-elect Mr Robert Bowden as a Director.

5.   To re-elect Sir Derek Higgs as a Director.

6.   To re-elect Lord Burns as a Director.

7.   To re-appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditors.

8.   To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors.

9.   To approve by Ordinary Resolution the policy set out in the Remuneration 
     Report.

10.  As Special Business:

     To amend by Ordinary Resolution the directors' authority to allot unissued 
     share capital or convertible securities.  (Section 80 Companies Act 1985).

11.  As Special Business:

     To renew by Special Resolution the limited waiver of pre-emption rights
     attaching to future issues of equity securities.  (Section 89(1) Companies 
     Act 1985).

12.  As Special Business:

     To grant by Special Resolution authority to the Company to exercise its 
     power to purchase its own shares.

13.  As Special Business:

     To adopt by Ordinary Resolution a new Savings-Related Share Option Scheme.


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