Transaction in Own Shares

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES TO BE HELD IN TREASURY                 

1) Date of the purchase:

28 August 2014

2) Number of Ordinary Shares purchased to be held in Treasury:

200,000

3) Highest and lowest price paid per share (excluding expenses):

170.3p

4) The issued share capital of the Company following this buy-back will be:

32,933,932 Ordinary shares -including shares held in Treasury
26,479,268 Ordinary shares - excluding 6,454,664 shares held in Treasury

5) Name of contact for queries:

Simon White
020 7743 5284

6) Name of authorised Company official responsible for this notification:

S Beynsberger
for BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Secretary

7) Date of notification:

28 August 2014