Holding in Company

Land Securities PLC
6 July 2001


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     LAND SECURITIES PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     BARCLAYS PLC

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

     AS NAMED IN No.2

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


     SEE SCHEDULE 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

     ORDINARY SHARES OF £1

10)  Date of transaction

     3/7/01

11)  Date company informed

     6/7/01

12)  Total holding following this notification

     15,783,887
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     3.01%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     PETER DUDGEON - 020 7413 9000

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

     Date of Notification ...6 JULY 2001


SCHEDULE
 

Barclays Bank PLC - Registered Holders Analysis


LAND SECURITIES                                Sedol Number      504502

As at 3/7/2001/   Barclays PLC, through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC, had a
notifiable interest in 15,783,887 ORD GBP1 units representing 3.00% of the
issued share capital of 524690896 units .

Registered Holder                                                    Holding
MSTC Nominees Ltd                                                    15,340
MSTC Nominees Ltd                                                    13,000
*** Unknown ***                                                      10,000
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                                   384,997
Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited                     73520           50,926
Dematerialised                                                       10,426
Chase Nominees Limited                               16331          171,323
Chase Nominees Limited                               16338           26,697
Chase Nominees Limited                               16341          625,961
Chase Nominees Limited                               16342           53,050
Chase Nominees Limited                               16344           55,333
Chase Nominees Limited                               16345          111,104
Chase Nominees Limited                               16376           78,991
Chase Nominees Limited                               16400        4,899,203
Chase Nominees Limited                               16530        1,178,782
Chase Nominees Limited                               18409          166,295
Chase Nominees Limited                               20947        1,621,758
DEM69                                                               174,462
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd & third party nominee                        562
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd as executor                                1,019
*** Unknown ***                                                       2,400
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd - IMA                                        823
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd - PEP                                   201
Chase Manhattan Bank London                                       2,511,742
HSBC Global Custody Nominees UK                                      17,933
Chase Nominees LTD A/C LEND a/c 18642                                49,662
Chase Nominees LTD A/C LEND a/C 16201                                12,684
Chase Nominees Ltd A/C BGIOMNI 19688 a/c 19688                       64,625
Investors Bank & Trust Company                                       19,965
Chase Nominees Ltd                                                  486,054
*** Unknown ***                                                     211,175
*** Unknown ***                                                       8,218
*** Unknown ***                                                      27,296
*** Unknown ***                                                      11,900
*** Unknown ***                                                      15,224
*** Unknown ***                                                       9,665
*** Unknown ***                                                       4,200
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd and another                               38,365     

*** Unknown ***                                                   2,642,526
                                                        TOTAL    15,783,887