Holding(s) in Company

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                                  TATTERSALL ADVISORY GROUP              

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       Northern Trust Co/NorTrus 2,455,856    
   the case of an individual holder     shares                                 
   if it is a holding of that                                                  
   person's spouse or children under    Boston Safe Depository Trust 1,046,011 
   the age of 18                        shares                                 
                                                                               
   AS ABOVE                             Bank of NY Nominees 1,542,904 shares   
                                                                               
                                        Chase Nominees 510,874 shares          
                                                                               
                                        BBHISL Nominees 73,600 shares          
                                                                               
                                        Pershing Keen Nominees 817,258 shares  
                                                                               
                                        Vidacos Nominees 357,496 shares        
                                                                               
                                        Total 6,803,999 shares                 

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 
   14,330 shares     company should                        be taken into      
                     not be taken                          account when       
                     into account                          calculating        
                     when                                  percentage)        
                     calculating                                              
                     percentage)                           N/A                
                                                                              
                     0.006%                                                   

9. Class of security                10. Date of          11. Date listed       
                                        transaction          company informed  
   ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P EACH                                                 
                                        18 AUGUST 2006       28 AUGUST 2006    

12. Total holding following this     13. Total percentage holding of issued    
    notification                         class following this notification (any
                                         treasury shares held by the listed    
    6,803,999 shares                     company should not be taken into      
                                         account when calculating percentage)  
                                                                               
                                         3.06%                                 

14. Any additional information       15. Name of contact and telephone number  
                                         for queries                           
                                                                               
                                         Rebecca Burtonwood                    
                                                                               
                                         01737 836869                          

16. Name and signature of duly authorised offer of the listed company          
    responsible for making this notification                                   
                                                                               
    REBECCA BURTONWOOD, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF FIDELITY INVESTMENTS              
    INTERNATIONAL, COMPANY SECRETARY                                           
                                                                               
Date of notification 29 AUGUST 2006