Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1. Name of company                   2. Name of shareholder having a major     
                                        interest                               
   Fidelity Japanese Values PLC                                                
                                        Asset Value Investors Limited          

3. Please state whether notification 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and,  
   indicates that it is in respect      if more than one holder, the number of 
   of holding of the shareholder        shares held by each of them            
   named in 2 above or in respect of                                           
   a non-beneficial interest or in      Registered holder: Asset Value         
   the case of an individual holder     Investors Limited -                    
   if it is a holding of that                                                  
   person's spouse or children under    British Empire Securities & General    
   the age of 18                        Trust plc 8,322,000                    
                                                                               
   As above                             Yale University 5,165,000              

5. Number of      6. Percentage of  7. Number of shares 8. Percentage of      
   shares/amount     issued class      /amount of stock    issued class       
   of stock                            disposed                               
   acquired          13.73%                                n/a                
                                       n/a                                    
   Holding of                                                                 
   Asset Value                                                                
   Investors                                                                  
   Limited                                                                    
   increased by                                                               
   13,487,000                                                                 
   following the                                                              
   sale by                                                                    
   Aberdeen Asset                                                             
   Managers                                                                   
   Limited.                                                                   

9. Class of security                10. Date of          11. Date company      
                                        transaction          informed          
   Ordinary 25p Shares                                                         
                                        Not known            9 October 2003    

12. Total holding following this     13. Total percentage holding of issued    
    notification                         class following this notification     
                                                                               
    13,487,000                           13.73%                                

14. Any additional information       15. Name of contact and telephone number  
                                         for queries                           
                                                                               
                                         Rebecca Burtonwood                    
                                                                               
                                         Tel: [phone]                     

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making   
    this notification                                                          
                                                                               
    Rebecca Burtonwood - For and on behalf of Fidelity Investments             
    International - Company Secretary                                          
                                                                               
Date of notification 9October 2003