STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put to shareholders at today's Annual General Meeting were passed, including the following items of Special Business:
1) will allow the Company to make market purchases of up to 6,404,619 ordinary shares representing 14.99% of the Company's issued share capital;
2) will allow the Company to allot new ordinary shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £534,074;
3) will disapply pre-emption rights on the allotment of such new ordinary shares; and
4) adopt new Articles of Association.
Two copies of the full text of these resolutions have been filed with the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
5th May 2010
For further information, please contact:
Andrew Norman
For and on behalf of
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited - Secretary
020 7742 6000