The Board of The British Land Company PLC is pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Score, Chief Financial Officer of ARM Holdings plc as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Mr Score will join the Audit Committee, as Chairman, with immediate effect. Aubrey Adams, who has been acting Audit Committee Chairman, will continue as a member of the Audit Committee.

John Gildersleeve, Chairman, said: "I am delighted with the appointment of Tim Score who brings wide and varied experience to our Board, enhancing our range of skills."

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Notes to Editors

The current non-executive directors are:
John Gildersleeve, Chairman, who is non-executive Deputy Chairman of Carphone Warehouse
Lord Turnbull, Formerly Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service
Aubrey Adams, Head of Property within RBS's Global Restructuring Group and formerly Chief Executive of Savills PLC
Dido Harding, Chief Executive Officer of TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC
William Jackson, Managing Partner of Bridgepoint
Simon Borrows, Chief Executive of 3i Group plc

Further details on Tim Score:
Tim Score is Chief Financial Officer of ARM Holdings plc. He was previously Finance Director of Rebus Group Limited, Group Finance Director of William Baird plc, Group Controller at LucasVarity plc and Group Financial Controller at BTR plc. He was also Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at National Express Group PLC until February 2014, when he retired after nine years on the board. Mr Score has no disclosure to make pursuant to LR 9.6.13 (2-6).

About British Land
British Land is one of Europe's largest Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). Through our property and finance expertise we attract experienced partners to create properties and environments which are home to over 1,000 different organisations and receive over 300 million visits each year. Our property portfolio is focused on the UK, in prime retail locations and London offices which attract high quality occupiers committed to long leases. We have total assets in the UK, owned or managed, of £17.1 billion (British Land share £11.2 billion), as valued at 30 September 2013. Our occupancy rate of 97% and average lease length to first break of 11 years are among the highest of the major UK REITs.

UK retail assets account for 59% of our portfolio, around 80% of which are located at prime out of town sites. Comprising around 25 million sq ft of retail space across 69 retail parks, 89 superstores, 17 shopping centres and 13 department stores and 77 leisure assets, the retail portfolio is modern, flexible and adaptable to a wide range of formats. Our active asset management delivers space which is attractive and meets the needs of both retailers and consumers. London offices, located in the City and West End, comprise 39% of the portfolio, which will rise to an estimated 41% on completion of current committed developments. Our 7 million sq ft of high quality office space includes Regent's Place and Paddington Central in the West End and Broadgate, the premier City office campus (50% share). Our size and substance demands a responsible approach to business. We believe leadership on issues such as sustainability helps drive our performance and is core to the delivery of our overall objective of driving shareholder value.

Further details can be found on the British Land website at www.britishland.com

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