Result of AGM

At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 11 December 2008, all
resolutions were duly passed.

The resolutions passed as Special Business were as follows:

- The Directors' authority to allot a limited number of currently unissued
ordinary shares for cash, and to issue such shares without first offering such
shares to existing ordinary shareholders pro rata to their existing holdings,
has been renewed.

  * The Company's authority to purchase up to 14.99% of its own shares in issue
    as at 30 October 2008 for cancellation has been renewed. The maximum number
    of shares to be purchased is 8,513,495.
   
  * Revised Articles of Association have been adopted as the Articles of
    Association of the Company in substitution for, and to the exclusion of,
    the existing Articles of Association.
   
Enquiries: Mrs Tracey Cousins, FIL Investments International, 01737 836883

12 December 2008