Major Shareholders

At 15 February 2008, the Company had been notified that the following shareholders were interested in 3% or more of the issued share capital of the Company.


Legal & General Investment Management	30,175,367	7,72%
Aberforth Partners	26,311,927	6.73%
Henderson Global Investors	24,735,333	6.33%
Barclays Global investors	20,191,864	5.17%
Scottish Widows	19,886,122	5.09%
Aegon Asset Management	18,763,236	4.80%
Rathbone Investment Management	18,497,815	4.73%
JP Morgan Asset Management	15,713,546	4.02%
Old Mutual Asset Management	12,008,500	3.07%

So far as is known, no other shareholder had a notifiable interest amounting to more than 3% or more of the share capital of the company and the Directors believe that the close company provisions of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (as amended) do not apply to the Company.