RNS Number:3140J
Landround Plc
27 March 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

17,241                      27 March 2003              27 March 2003              145 pence



Following this purchase the ESOP holds 150,317 Ordinary Shares representing 2.76
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.



27 March 2003


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