Franklin Resources - increase in holdings - 4.65%

Franklin Resources Inc. of San Mateo, California (on behalf of itself, Franklin
Mutual Advisers, LLC and Templeton Worldwide Inc.) notified the company after
close of business on 25 March 2004 that, as a result of subscriptions for new
ordinary shares in the rights issues announced 9 March 2004, it had increased
its material interest to a holding of 14,932,252 shares in the company
representing 4.65% of the issued and fully paid share capital as enlarged by
the rights issue.