2 September 2013
Confirmation of Sub-division
Further to the annual financial report announcement released on Monday, 24 June 2013, the Company confirms that the proposed sub-division of each existing ordinary share of 25p (a "5p Ordinary Share") each into five ordinary shares of 5p each ("5p Ordinary Shares") will become effective at 8.00 a.m. tomorrow, 3 September 2013. The record date for this sub-division is 5.00 p.m. today.
5p Ordinary Shares will credited to CREST stock accounts in respect of 25p Ordinary Shares held in uncertificated form on 3 September 2013. Share certificates for 5p Ordinary Shares will be posted, on 10 September 2013, to holders of 25p Ordinary Shares held in certificated form at the record date.
With effect from 3 September 2013, the ISIN and SEDOL of the 5p Ordinary Shares will be GB00BBM56V29 and BBM56V2 respectively. The ticker for the 5p Ordinary Shares will be the same as the ticker for the 25p Ordinary shares (i.e. ABD).