In compliance with the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, we hereby notify the market of the following:
At 6pm on 27 August 2009, the Company
Ordinary shares
had 600,723,233issued ordinary shares of 7.375p each admitted to trading. On a poll vote, an ordinary shareholder has one vote for every 25p of nominal value of ordinary share capital held in relation to all circumstances at general meetings of the Company;
held 30,162,339 ordinary shares in treasury and the voting rights of these treasury shares are automatically suspended; and
accordingly had maximum total voting rights of168,315,463attached to its570,560,894issued ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares).
Preference shares
had 75,000 issued preference shares of £1 each admitted to trading. On a poll vote, a preference shareholder has one vote for every 25p of nominal value of preference share capital held in relation to all circumstances at general meetings of the Company;
held no preference shares in treasury; and
accordingly, had total voting rights of 300,000 attached to its preference shares.
These total voting rights figures may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
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