RNS Number:6605N
Landround Plc
17 July 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          Date of          Date of              Price per Ordinary
Ordinary           purchase         notification         Share
Shares Purchased

14,500             16 July 2003     16 July 2003         283 pence


Following this purchase the ESOP holds 163,934 Ordinary Shares representing 3.01
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.


17 July 2003






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