Notifiable Shareholding

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1. Name of listed company            2. Name of shareholder with a major       
                                        interest                               
   THE EDINBURGH INVESTMENT TRUST                                              
   plc                                  STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENTS              

3. Please state whether notification 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and,  
   indicates that it is regarding       if more than one holder, the number of 
   the holding of the shareholder       shares held by each of them            
   named in 2 above; in respect of a                                           
   non-beneficial interest; or in       VIDACOS NOMINEES                       
   the case of an individual holder                                            
   if it is a holding of that                                                  
   person's spouse or children under                                           
   the age of 18                                                               
                                                                               
   AS ABOVE                                                                    

5. Number of      6. Percentage of  7. Number of shares 8. Percentage of      
   shares/amount     issued class      /amount of stock    issued class (any  
   of stock          (any treasury     disposed            treasury shares    
   acquired          shares held by                        held by the listed 
                     the listed        N/A                 company should not 
   N/A               company should                        be taken into      
                     not be taken                          account when       
                     into account                          calculating        
                     when                                  percentage)        
                     calculating                                              
                     percentage)                           N/A                
                                                                              
                     N/A                                                      

9. Class of security                10. Date of          11. Date listed       
                                        transaction          company informed  
   ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P EACH                                                 
                                        23 MARCH 2006        24 MARCH 2006     

12. Total holding following this     13. Total percentage holding of issued    
    notification                         class following this notification (any
                                         treasury shares held by the listed    
    16,470,232                           company should not be taken into      
                                         account when calculating percentage)  
                                                                               
                                         7.001%                                

14. Any additional information       15. Name of contact and telephone number  
                                         for queries                           
    FOLLOWING A REDUCTION OF ISSUED                                            
    CAPITAL BY THE LISTED COMPANY        Graham symonds                        
    THE MATERIAL HOLDING OF THE                                                
    SHAREHOLDER HAS INCREASED TO THE     01737 837345                          
    PERCENTAGE SHOWN ABOVE.                                                    

16. Name and signature of duly authorised offer of the listed company          
    responsible for making this notification                                   
                                                                               
    Graham symonds, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL,   
    COMPANY SECRETARY                                                          
                                                                               
Date of notification 24 MARCH 2006