Transaction in Own Shares

Fidelity Special Values PLC announces that the Company has today, 19 October
2006, repurchased 201,250 of its own shares for cancellation at a price of 524
pence per share. The total number of shares now in issue is 65,074,803.

Julian Rhys

For and on behalf of Fidelity Investments International,

Company Secretary

19 October 2006