RNS Number:7760H
Landround Plc
20 February 2003

                                 Landround plc
                         Employee Share Ownership Plan

                              Director Shareholding

The trustees of the Landround plc Employee Share Ownership Plan ("ESOP")
notified Landround plc (the "Company") of the following purchase of ordinary 5p
shares of the Company ("Ordinary Shares"):

Number of Ordinary          Date of purchase           Date of notification       Price per Ordinary
Shares Purchased                                                                  Share

18,783                      19 February 2003           19 February 2003           155 pence

Following this purchase the ESOP holds 133,076 Ordinary Shares representing 2.44
per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.

The ESOP holds these shares in a trust for beneficiaries, principally employees.
The beneficiaries of the ESOP include some of the directors of the Company who
are therefore interested in the shares being acquired. Consequently, some or all
of the executive directors of the Company may, at some future time, obtain a
beneficial interest in a number of these shares when awards are made under this
Plan.

20 February 2003


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