Offer Update

RNS Number:5790E
Teesland Plc
28 October 2004


                                                                 28 October 2004

   Not for release, publication or distribution in or into the United States,
                          Canada, Australia, or Japan

                               RECOMMENDED OFFER

                                      BY

                                  TEESLAND PLC

                                      FOR

                            PROPERTY FUND MANAGEMENT PLC

                      OFFER DECLARED WHOLLY UNCONDITIONAL


Following the Admission on 28 October 2004 of up to 43,435,078 Offer Shares and
the announcement on 27 October 2004 that all other conditions of the Offer for
Property Fund Management Plc ("PFM") had been satisfied or waived, the Board of
Teesland announces that the Offer has become wholly unconditional.

As at 3.00pm on 27 October 2004, Teesland had received valid acceptances of the
Offer in respect of a total of 18,039,815 PFM Shares representing approximately
81.53 per cent of the issued share capital of PFM.  Of these acceptances
11,301,111 had elected for the Cash Alternative.

The Offer will remain open for acceptance by PFM Shareholders until further
notice.  The Cash Alternative under the Offer is no longer available for
acceptance by PFM Shareholders, having closed at 3.00pm on 25 October 2004.

PFM Shareholders who hold their shares in certificated form and who have not yet
accepted the Offer are urged to complete and return their Forms of Acceptance to
Capita IRG, Corporate Actions, PO Box 166, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road,
Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4TH, as soon as possible.    Holders of PFM Shares in
uncertificated form may only accept the Offer in respect of such shares by TTE
Instruction in accordance with the procedure set out in paragraph 15 (b) of Part
II of the Offer Document.  If you are a CREST sponsored member you should refer
to your CREST sponsor before taking any action.   PFM Shareholders who are in
any doubt as to the procedure for acceptance or who require assistance with
filling in the Form of Acceptance should call Capita IRG on 0870 162 3000.

Prior to 19 August 2004 (the date of the commencement of the Offer Period)
Teesland held 3,305,537 PFM Shares, representing 14.9 per cent. of the issued
share capital of PFM.

As set out in the Offer Document, Teesland received irrevocable undertakings to
accept or procure the acceptance of the Offer from the PFM Directors and certain
other PFM Shareholders in respect of holdings totalling 10,086,217 PFM Shares,
representing approximately 45.6 per cent. of the existing issued share capital
of PFM.  Acceptances under the Offer have been received in respect of these
undertakings and have been included in the total above.

Save as disclosed above, neither Teesland nor any persons acting or deemed to be
acting in concert with it owned any PFM Shares or rights in respect thereof
prior to 19 August 2004 (the date of the commencement of the Offer Period) and,
other than as disclosed above, neither Teesland nor any persons acting or deemed
to be acting in concert with it has acquired or agreed to acquire any PFM Shares
or rights over such shares since that date.

The definitions contained in the Offer Document sent to PFM Shareholders on 4
October 2004 shall apply for the purposes of this announcement.


Enquiries:

Teesland Plc                                          020 7659 4700
Stephen McBride

British Linen Advisers Limited                        020 7710 8800
Richard Davies

Tavistock Communications                              020 7920 3150
Jeremy Carey/Marylene Guernier


The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by use of
e-mails of, or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation,
facsimile transmission, telex, telephone or e-mail) of interstate or foreign
commerce of, or any facilities of a national securities exchange of the United
States, Canada, Australia or Japan or any other jurisdiction if to do so would
constitute the violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction, and cannot
be accepted by any such use, means or instrumentality or facility from or within
the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.  Accordingly, copies of the Offer
Document, the Form of Acceptance and any related documents are not being mailed
and should not be forwarded, distributed or sent in, into or from the United
States, Canada, Australia or Japan or any other jurisdictions where to do so
would violate the laws in that jurisdiction.  All persons (including, without
limitation, nominees, trustees or custodians) who receive such documents must
not distribute or send them in, into or from United States, Canada, Australia,
Japan or any other jurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws in that
jurisdiction, as doing so may render invalid any purported acceptance of the
Offer.

British Linen Advisers, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom
by the Financial Services Authority Limited, is acting exclusively for Teesland
and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to
anyone other than Teesland for providing the protections afforded to customers
of British Linen Advisers nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer.


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