Pinewood Studios Development Framework Update

Pinewood Shepperton plc

Pinewood Studios Development Framework Update

Pinewood Shepperton plc ("the Company"), a leading provider of services to the global film and television industry, announces that South Bucks District Council has approved the detailed design of the first phase of the Pinewood Studios Development Framework ("PSDF") at a meeting of its Planning Committee.

Construction work on the first phase (five stages, ten workshops, production offices and associated infrastructure and landscaping) will commence next month, with occupation in Q1 2016. The addition of the PSDF first phase buildings and backlot to the existing facilities will significantly expand the Group's overall capacity to accommodate major feature films, television programmes, commercials and other screen-based productions at Pinewood Studios.

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Notes to editors

• Pinewood Shepperton plc is Europe's largest provider of stage and studio space

• Pinewood and Shepperton Studios together accommodate 34 stages, five dedicated digital television studios and five digital presentation studios

• Pinewood Studios is home to Europe's leading studio-based underwater filming stage, as well as one of the largest exterior water tanks in Europe

• The Group now offers financing to UK film and television production as part of its growing range of services

• Pinewood and Shepperton Studios have been home to over 2,000 films in more than 75 years

• Pinewood and Shepperton Studios have hosted over 600 TV shows

• There are over 240 independent, media related companies based at Pinewood and Shepperton's Media Hub

• The Pinewood Group's international network of Studios includes Toronto, Canada; Berlin, Germany; Iskandar, Malaysia; the Dominican Republic; Atlanta, Georgia, USA and activities in China

Forward looking statements

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