Appointment

Slough Estates PLC
23 November 2004






23rd November 2004

For immediate release


SLOUGH ESTATES plc

APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY FINANCE DIRECTOR

Slough Estates plc, a leading provider of flexible business space, today 
announced the appointment of David Sleath in the newly created role of Deputy 
Finance Director, reporting to Dick Kingston, Finance Director.

David Sleath will commence his new role in April 2005 and, upon joining, will
become a member of the Slough Estates Executive Committee. He is currently Group
Finance Director of Wagon PLC, the European automotive engineering and
manufacturing group. Prior to joining Wagon in 1999, David spent 16 years at
Arthur Andersen where he became a partner in the corporate Finance Department in
1992 and Head of the Assurance Practice for the Midlands Region in 1995.

Ian Coull, Chief Executive of Slough Estates commented: 'I am delighted that
David has agreed to join Slough Estates and he will be a great asset to our
executive team.'

Slough Estates' executive search consultants were Ian Jones and Partners.

For further information contact:

Slough Estates plc                         Shared Value Limited
Ian Coull, Chief Executive                 Andrew Best / Emily Bruning
Dick Kingston, Finance Director            Tel: [phone] / 5027
Tel: [phone]

Notes to Editors :

David Sleath was employed at Arthur Andersen from 1982 to 1999. He became a
Partner in the Corporate Finance Department in 1992 and from 1995 until leaving,
he was head of Audit and Assurance for the Midlands region. In 1999 he joined
the board of Wagon PLC.

Slough Estates is a leading provider of flexible business space in business
parks in Western Europe and North America, with over 1700 customers occupying
2.9 million square metres of business space, with a total value of £3.6 billion.
Slough Estates' properties are in suburban locations in close proximity to the
main business centres, where there is long term demand for business
accommodation to serve these key economic regions. The company's main activities
are currently based around London, Brussels, Paris, Dusseldorf, San Francisco
and San Diego and the company continues to develop new business parks with the
long term objective of building shareholder value and enhancing its reputation
for quality buildings offering excellent value to customers.

www.sloughestates.com



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