Major Shareholders

At 26 February 2010, the Company had been notified that the following shareholders were interested in 3% or more of the issued share capital of the Company.


BlackRock MLIM		12.28%
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership		8.50%
Henderson Global Investors		7.40%
Legal & General Investment Management		6.39%
JP Morgan Asset Management		3.78%
Aegon Asset ManagementBlackRock MLIM		3.19%
Rathbone Investment Management		3.15%

So far as is known, no other shareholder had a notifiable interest amounting to more than 3% or more of the share capital of the company and the Directors believe that the close company provisions of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (as amended) do not apply to the Company.