Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10                                  

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1. Name of company                    2. Name of shareholder having a major  
                                         interest                            
   Martin Currie Portfolio Investment                                        
   Trust plc                             Legal & General Investment          
                                         Management                          
                                                                             

3. Please state whether notification  4. Name of the registered holder(s)    
   indicates that it is in respect of    and, if more than one holder, the   
   holding of the shareholder named      number of shares held by each of    
   in 2 above or in respect of a         them                                
   non-beneficial interest or in the                                         
   case of an individual holder if it    HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK)   
   is a holding of that person's         Ltd,                                
   spouse or children under the age                                          
   of 18                                 A/c '775245' - 1,250,000            
                                                                             
   As in 2 above                         A/c '357206' - 6,615,941            
                                                                             
                                         A/c '747381' - 607,760              
                                                                             
                                         A/c '866203' - 363,000              
                                                                             
                                         A/c '360509' - 257,389              
                                                                             

5. Number of shares 6. Percentage of    7. Number of shares/ 8. Percentage of  
   /amount of stock    issued class        amount of stock      issued class   
   acquired                                disposed                            
                       0.0256%                                                 
   77,822                                                                      
                                                                               

9. Class of security                  10. Date of           11. Date company  
                                          transaction           informed      
   Ordinary shares 5p                                                         
                                          2 December 2002       5 December    
                                                                2002          
                                                                              

12. Total holding following this       13. Total percentage holding of issued  
    notification                           class following this notification   
                                                                               
    9,094,090                              3.00%                               
                                                                               

14. Any additional information         15. Name of contact and telephone number
                                           for queries                         
                                                                               
                                           Janette Makin                       
                                                                               
                                           0131-479-5895                       
                                                                               

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making  
    this notification                                                         
                                                                              
     Martin Currie Investment Management Limited                              
                                                                              
Date of notification : 5 December 2002