Listing rule 9.6.14

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC
15 February 2006


                         BAILLIE GIFFORD SHIN NIPPON PLC

                              Listing Rule 9.6.14

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC hereby gives notification that Mr B Rose, a
non-executive Director of the Company, is a director of Optos plc which became
listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange on 15 February 2006.


                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.
                                                             Company Secretaries
                                                                15 February 2006


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