Director/PDMR Shareholding

British Land Co PLC
30 May 2007

The Company announces that it received notification yesterday from the Trustees
of The British Land Share Ownership Plan (the 'Trust') that on 29th May 2007 the
Trust released 314,025 ordinary 25p shares of the Company to participants in the
Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan (the 'Plan'), pursuant to an award made on
28th May 2004, which vested on attainment of the performance target.

The Trust is a discretionary Trust established for the benefit of employees,
including Executive Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities of the Company, to facilitate the operation of its share
incentive schemes. Executive Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities of the Company who are participants in these schemes are
consequently considered to be interested in the shares held by the Trust, as
discretionary beneficiaries.

The Trust also notified the Company yesterday that, of the above shares released
by the Trust, some were released to Executive Directors and Persons Discharging
Managerial Responsibility of the Company as shown in the table below. 293,380
options awarded on 28 May 2004 under this Plan also vested yesterday, on
attainment of the performance target, for Executive Directors and Persons
Discharging Managerial Responsibility as shown in the table below:

                   Shares at nil consideration       Options at 663p per share
Director
Robert Bowden                41,289                          123,868
Graham Roberts               33,936                          101,809
Tim Roberts                   7,466                           22,398

PDMR
Tony Braine                   7,635                           22,907
Peter Clarke                  7,466                           22,398

Following this vesting, on 29th May 2007, Robert Bowden sold 16,929 shares,
Graham Roberts sold 13,914 shares, Tim Roberts sold 3,062 shares, Tony Braine
exercised 22,907 options and sold 30,542 shares and Peter Clarke sold 7,466
shares, all at a price of 1404.9p per share.


30th May 2007.





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