ANT Limited Expands to New Global HQ in Cambridge

Plans to double its software engineering capability in six months

Cambridge, 6 June 2001

ANT Limited today announced that it is moving to new, larger premises on the Cambridge Business Park, to accommodate the next phase of its rapid expansion programme. The newly completed 14,000 sq. ft. facility will be used as ANT's global HQ, housing development, European sales and customer support, and will allow ANT to double its staff of skilled engineers by the end of the year.

"This move enables the next phase in our planned expansion," said Simon Woodward, President and CEO of ANT Limited. "We have moved to a new level as we have licensed our products to an industry leading port folio of customers and partners. The market is learning that our software can really drive the take-up of new consumer products like interactive TV. We are investing heavily in our highly skilled sales, marketing and engineering teams to increase the span of our operations and secure our market leadership."

The company will immediately transfer the bulk of its operations from its existing facility in Cambridge to the new site, which is due to be fully operational by mid-July. "The new site locates us in the midst of the UK's high-tech expansion area, alongside a growing list of neighbours including Philips, Nokia and Marconi," said Woodward. "We are still close to our existing premises, so the disruption for our people will be minimal, and the new facility can accommodate our plans to double in size by the end of the year."

ANT's communication software is playing a major role in driving the growth of the Internet appliance market, as its technology enables Internet browsing and email communication from increasing numbers of home entertainment, wireless and other non-PC devices such as digital set-top boxes, Internet televisions, mobile phones, PDAs and household appliances.

About ANT Software Limited

ANT plc (www.antplc.com) is a leading provider of digital TV client and consumer electronic software solutions. ANT's unique client solutions allow robust and consistent delivery of digital-media, user interfaces, interactive services and applications to the TV and portable media devices. ANT enables service providers to efficiently create and deploy successful solutions to the market that deliver high value and clear differentiation.

ANT's products are pre-integrated with many industry-leading solutions and are based upon open standards, enabling low-risk, cost-effective roll-out of services, while ensuring flexible client hardware choice with efficient bill of materials. ANT software has been extensively deployed by customers throughout the world including Chunghwa Telecom, Foxconn, France Telecom, Humax, LG/Nortel, Philips, Sagem, Samsung, SaskTel, Telecom Italia and Thomson.

ANT plc's shares are listed on AIM, a London Stock Exchange regulated market, under the ticker ANTP (Reuters: ANTP.L, Bloomberg: ANTP.LN).

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