Holding in Company
British Land Co PLC
1 November 2001
The British Land Company PLC announces that it received notification on 1st
November 2001, pursuant to sections 198-202 of the Companies Act 1985, that
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc's aggregate interest in the Company is 62,574,813
ordinary 25p shares, representing 12.07% of the issued share capital of the
Company. Details of this disclosure of interest by Merrill Lynch are as
follows:
ML Invest Holdings Limited and ML Invest, Inc, being certain holding companies
of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Limited ( 'MLIM' ), have interests,
through MLIM, in the share capital of the Company as follows:
Registered Holder Number of Shares
Nutraco Nominees Limited 34, 734, 650
(Designated & Undesignated)
Merrill Lynch Pensions Nominees Limited 1,005,211
A/C Noncert
Stamford Nominees Limited 11, 000
(Designated & Undesignated)
Stamford Nominees Limited 36,000
A/C CHARTY
Treasury of the Government of the Isle 157,388
Of Man A/C 5
Treasury of the Government of the Isle 69,000
Of Man A/C 10
Chase Nominees Limited 4,884,341
Nortrust Nominees Limited 2,484,569
Mss Nominees Limited 574,093
RBSTB Nominees Limited 989,473
Junction Nominees Limited 463,800
BONY Nominees Limited 802,747
29 Gracechurch Street Nominees Limited 701,227
BT Globenet Nominees Limited 179,700
Other Names 14,495,634
Total: 61,588,833
Merrill Lynch Group Inc and Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., which are holding
companies of MLIM and of certain other companies, have interests in aggregate
in the relevant share capital of the Company as follows:
Merrill Lynch Group, Inc 61,784,612
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc 62,574,813
1st November 2001