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Last Update 29 June 2010

Company Overview and Alternative Investment Market (“AIM”) Rule 26

Information required to be disclosed under AIM Rule 26 can be accessed by clicking on the links in the following Company Overview.

A £1.03bn capital raising exercise and share capital reorganisation concluded in October 2009 has resulted in a more appropriate financial framework for Songbird Estates plc (“the Company”), a company incorporated in England and Wales, and a corporate structure more in line with other quoted companies. The issued ordinary share capital of the Company now comprises one class of ordinary shares, carrying one vote per share, listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (“AIM”). The Prospectus and Shareholders’ Circular in relation to these transactions are publicly available. Following these events, the majority shareholders of the Company comprise, Qatar Holding LLC, Fullbloom Investment Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Investment Corporation, GF Investments II, L.L.C. and the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds. The constitution and day to day management of the Company is governed by the Articles of Association..

In addition on 20 October 2009, the Company completed an agreement to acquire a further 54,007,620 ordinary shares in Canary Wharf Group plc (“CWG”) which has increased the interest of the Company in CWG to 69.3% of the issued share capital of CWG.

The principal activity of the Company through its main operating subsidiary CWG, is the specialisation in integrated property development, investment and management at Canary Wharf and surrounding areas.

Following the share capital reorganisation the issued share capital of the Company comprises one class of ordinary shares of 10 pence each which are all listed on AIM. In addition, there is £275.0 million of £1.00 non-convertible/non-voting Preference Shares in issue which are held by two of the majority shareholders. The new ordinary shares resulting from the Placing and the Compensatory Open Offer (which formed party of the capital raising) were admitted to AIM on 14 October 2009 and were subsequently consolidated resulting in Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each which are identified by the abbreviation “SBDB”. The Prospectus dated 24 September 2009, the original AIM Admission Document, all Financial Reports and Announcements are publicly available.

The Board of Directors of the Company currently consist of ten members, however, the current Articles of Association, which were adopted on 14 October 2009, permit the appointment of a maximum of fourteen directors. Duties and responsibilities of the board have been formally delegated to three committees: the Executive Committee, the Audit Committee and the Announcement Committee.

The Company has appointed Advisers in accordance with the AIM Rules and specific to the business needs of the Company.

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