Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0332Z

British Land Co PLC

14 July 2008

TR-1: notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	The British Land Company Plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Private Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Chase Nominees Ltd (as registered holders and nominees)
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	11 July 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	14 July 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	4 %

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary shares of 25p each ISIN: GB0001367019	20,610,914	20,610,914	20,421,261	20,307,116	51,145	3.9847	0.0100

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

N/A

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A