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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.

On 21 May 2004 Songbird Acquisition Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Songbird Estates plc (“the Company”) – a company incorporated in England and Wales, at the direction of a consortium comprising a number of private equity funds led by certain Morgan Stanley Funds and Glick entities, declared its offer for Canary Wharf Group plc (“CWG”) wholly unconditional. The offer closed on 15 July 2004 and the Company, via a wholly owned subsidiary, currently holds 60.8% of the issued share capital of CWG. The constitution and day to day management of the Company is governed by the Memorandum and Articles of Association.

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.

The issued share capital of the Company comprises three classes. Each class of shares has different rights attaching to it; details of which are set out in the Articles of Association of the Company. Ordinary Class B Shares of the Company (“B Shares”) commenced trading on AIM on 11 June 2004 and are identified by the abbreviation “SBDB”. The original AIM Admission Document, all Financial Reports and Announcements are publicly available.

The Board of Directors of the Company consists of nine members. 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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