New Tenant on Slough Trading

Slough Estates PLC 15 June 2006 15 June 2006 £15m datacentre to be built at slough trading estate - IXEurope to locate largest London facility in the Trading Estate - Slough Trading Estate today announced that IXEurope plc will locate its largest London datacentre on the estate, representing an initial investment of around £15 million. Prior to handing the building over to IX Europe the Slough Trading Estate will itself invest over £6m on what is currently a vacant site. One of Europe's largest and fastest growing datacentre outsourcers, IX Europe has signed a 20 year lease and construction agreements with Slough Trading Estate for a facility of almost 80,000 sq ft. Construction of a specially built shell for the 'London4' IXDatacentre will begin this summer. Stephen Bailey, Regional Director of Slough Trading Estate commented: 'We are delighted that IXEurope has chosen a location on the trading estate. Our ability to meet all of the power supply requirements for this specialist use, in addition to the broad package of benefits on offer to our customers, such as our excellent transport links, award-winning security and IT and cable infrastructure, ensure that Slough Trading Estate is a leading location for business continuity.' Russell Poole, UK General Manager of IXEurope added: 'The requirement to fund this expansion was a significant element in our decision to float earlier this year. We have successfully placed major anchor customers in each of the three new IXDatacentres we acquired elsewhere over the past 12 months and given the current traction of our UK operation, we are confident of a similar result when we open this London4 IXDatacentre in H1 2007'. Willcocks Web represented Slough Trading Estate for the deal, whilst CB Richard Ellis acted for IXEurope. -ENDS- For further information please contact: Slough Estates plc Michael Waring, Director of Corporate Communications Tel: 01753 213335 Maitland Colin Browne/Peter Ogden Tel: 0207 379 5151 IXEurope plc Guy Willner, Chief Executive 020 7689 1400 Karen Bach, Chief Financial Officer Slough Estates International Slough Estates is the leading European provider of flexible business space and owns business parks in Europe and North America, with four million square metres of business space and over 1600 customers (as at 31 December 2005). 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, Amsterdam, 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. For further information, please visit the website: www.sloughestates.com About Slough Trading Estate Founded in 1920, Slough Trading Estate was the world's first trading estate and, to this day, is the largest business centre of its kind in Europe under single private ownership. The Estate covers 196 hectares and includes a total of around 700,000 sq. m of business space, occupied by over 400 companies and 20,000 people. The Estate provides a wide range of accommodation from 44 sq. m units for small start-up companies, to space for major international companies. Slough Heat & Power operates a power station on the Trading Estate providing energy and heating to 450 companies from renewable sources, such as woodchips and non-recyclable waste from its customers. About IXEurope IXEurope is one of Europe's fastest growing providers of datacentre services. Its principal activities include primary datacentre services, connectivity services and business continuity solutions. IXEurope works with enterprise and internet customers to provide resilient datacentre infrastructure to house their IT systems far more cost-effectively than through in-house provision. The benefits include optimised IT performance, improved systems availability and reduced corporate risk through improved regulatory compliance. By continually focusing on quality, IXEurope also gives clients exceptional service levels and on-site access to a high level of technical expertise. With award winning datacentre facilities in key European cities, broad technology expertise and a proven track record, IXEurope provides solutions that give customers the confidence that their operations are protected. The Company has over 400 customers in the enterprise, internet and networking markets including Merrill Lynch, Google, Network Rail and France Telecom. Founded in 1998, IXEurope was listed on the London Stock Exchange in April 2006. For more information please visit the website at www.ixeurope.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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