Holding(s) in Company

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters. 1. Name of listed company 2. Name of shareholder with a major interest Fidelity Japanese Values PLC Asset Value Investors Limited 3. Please state whether notification 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, indicates that it is regarding if more than one holder, the number of the holding of the shareholder shares held by each of them named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; or in Registered holders: the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that Chase Nominees person's spouse or children under the age of 18 - British Empire Securities & General Trust plc 1,858,786 As above (was 2.08% now 1.89%) Nortrust Nominees - Yale University 1,430,890 (was 1.79% now 1.46%) Chase Nominees - Rockefeller University 229,181 (was 0.26% now 0.23%) BoNY Nominees - AVI Value Fund LLC 525,236 (was 0.58% now 0.53%) BoNY Nominees - CF Asset Value Investors Global Fund (formerly AVI Global Fund) 153,374 (0.19% now 0.16%) State Street Nominees - Carnegie Corporation 323,127 (was 0.38% now 0.33%) Mellon - Columbia University 77,551 (was 0.09%, now 0.08%) Pictet et Cie - Lord North Street 62,689 (was 0.08%, now 0.06%) 5. Number of 6. Percentage of 7. Number of shares 8. Percentage of shares/amount issued class /amount of stock issued class (any of stock (any treasury disposed treasury shares acquired shares held by held by the listed the listed 250,000 on 6 company should not N/A company should April 2006 be taken into not be taken account when into account (443,312 shares calculating when sold between 3 percentage) calculating and 6 April 2006 percentage) - not 0.25% notifiable) N/A 9. Class of security 10. Date of 11. Date listed transaction company informed Ordinary 25p shares 6 April 2006 10 April 2006 12. Total holding following this 13. Total percentage holding of issued notification class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the listed 4,660,834 company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 4.75% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Rebecca Burtonwood 01737 836869 16. Name and signature of duly authorised offer of the listed company responsible for making this notification Rebecca Burtonwood, for and on behalf of Fidelity Investments International, Company Secretary Date of notification 10 April 2006
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