Further re appointment of two new Directors

This announcement is further to the one made on 4 January 2010 in relation to the appointment of Mrs. Kate Bolsover and Mr Philip Smiley as non-executive Directors of the Company with effect from 1 January 2010. Mrs. Kate Bolsover is currently a director of JPMorgan American Investment Trust PLC. She is also Deputy Chairman of Tomorrow's People Trust Limited and a Director of a number of its affiliated companies. Mrs. Bolsover was a Director of Languedoc House (UK) Limited until 27 March 2009. She worked for Cazenove Group plc and J.P. Morgan Cazenove between 1995 and 2005 where she was Managing Director of the mutual fund business, and latterly Director of Corporate Communications. Prior to this her work involved business development and mutual funds experience covering countries in the Far East. Mr Philip Smiley is currently a director of the Arisaig India Fund and The Endowment Fund SPC. He is also Chairman of the PXP Vietnam Fund Limited and Vietnam Lotus Fund Limited. In the past five years, Mr Smiley has also held Directorships in the following Cayman Islands Companies publicly quoted on the Irish Stock Exchange:- Avenir Asian Multi-Strategy Fund Limited (resigned 31 March 2007) Vietnam Emerging Equity Fund Limited (resigned 19 June 2008) Tantallon BRIC Fund (resigned 30 September 2008) Tantallon Smaller Companies Fund (resigned 30 September 2008) He has many years of experience of working in Asia including five years as Managing Director and Country Head of Jardine Fleming in Singapore between 1996 and 2001 and four years as Group Country Chairman of Jardine Matheson in Thailand between 2001 and 2005. It is confirmed that there is no further information to be disclosed under Listing Rule 9.6.13 R (2) to (6). Rebecca Tyerman FIL Investments International Company Secretary Tel: 01737 837758 7 January 2010
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