Directorate Change

Hammerson PLC
08 December 2005

Hammerson plc - Appointment of Non Executive Director



Hammerson plc announces the appointment of Anthony (Tony) Watson as a
non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1 February 2006.



Mr Watson is Chief Executive of Hermes Pensions Management Ltd, a position he
assumed in 2002, having joined the group in 1998.



Previously Tony Watson was Managing Director of AMP Asset Management plc. Prior
to that he was Chief International Investment Officer of Citicorp Investment
Management and held a number of senior positions in the investment management
industry.



Mr Watson is currently Chairman of MEPC Limited (a position from which he will
stand down on his retirement from Hermes on 31 January 2006) and holds
directorships of the Securities Institute and the Investment Management
Association. He is a member of the Financial Reporting Council, the Turnbull
Internal Control Review Group and an advisor to Cranfield Business School MSc
programmes.



Aged 60, Mr Watson was educated at Queens University, Belfast, where he is now a
Foundation Board Member. He is a Barrister, having been called to the Bar in
1976. He is married with three children.



Graham Pimlott, a non-executive director of Hammerson since 1993 and Deputy
Chairman since 2000, will stand down from the Board on 31 December 2005. He will
be succeeded as the senior independent director by John Barton who has been a
non-executive director since 1998.



John Nelson, Chairman of Hammerson said:



' We are delighted to welcome Tony Watson to the Board. He has had an
outstanding career in the investment management industry, good experience of the
property sector, and been at the forefront of developments in corporate
governance. I am confident that he will complement the skills of the Board and
make a major contribution to Hammerson.



  I would also like to pay tribute to Graham Pimlott for the significant role he
has played in Hammerson's success over many years and for the enthusiasm and
commitment he has shown in his role as Deputy Chairman.'






For further information:

John Nelson, Chairman, Hammerson plc                         Tel:  [phone]
Chris Smith, Director of Corporate Affairs, Hammerson plc    Tel:  [phone]
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