Holding in Company

Land Securities PLC
10 October 2000

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     LAND SECURITIES PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

      THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC.

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     SEE BELOW

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

     SEE BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.



6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

      £1 ORDINARY SHARES

10)  Date of transaction

       -

11)  Date company informed

      10/10/2000

12)  Total holding following this notification

      16,906,926
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

      3.23%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

      P.M. DUDGEON
      020 7413 9000

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification ..10TH OCTOBER 2000...


                  Schedule of holdings in Land Securities plc
                         As of 6 October 2000

                       Capital Guardian Trust Company

Registered Name                                             Local Shares

State Street Nominees Limited                                1,277,000
Bank of New York Nominees                                      125,600
Chase Nominees Limited                                       3,325,104
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                                        78,000
Midland Bank plc                                             1,017,000
Bankers Trust                                                  514,000
Barclays Bank                                                  312,000
Nortrust Nominees                                            1,306,700
Citibank NA                                                     17,000
Toronto 
                                            TOTAL            7,972,404

                                  Schedule B


                           Capital International Limited

Registered Name                                            Local Shares

State Street Nominees Limited                                     43,401
Bank of New York Nominees                                        684,419
Chase Nominees Limited                                         2,163,306
Bankers Trust                                                  4,755,854
Barclays Bank                                                    122,000
Citibank London                                                   17,486
Nortrust Nominees                                                856,816
Mellon Bank N.A.                                                  73,340

                                            TOTAL              8,716,622

                                  Schedule B


                             Capital International S.A

Registered Name                                            Local Shares

Bank of New York Nominees                                        39,300
Royal Bank of Scotland                                           59,600
Vidacos Nominees Ltd.                                           119,000

                                           TOTAL                217,900