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 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 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 Registered holders: the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that Chase Nominees person's spouse or children under the age of 18 - British Empire Securities & General Trust plc 7,861,000 As above (was 8.35% now 8.00%) Nortrust Nominees - Yale University 4,970,000 (was 5.18% now 5.06%) Chase Nominees - Rockefeller University 727,000 (was 0.76% now 0.74%) BoNY Nominees - AVI Value Fund LLC 1,156,035 (1.18% unchanged) BoNY Nominees - CF Asset Value Investors Global Fund (formerly AVI Global Fund) 420,262 (0.43% unchanged) State Street Nominees - Carnegie Foundation 997,330 (was 1.04% now 1.01%) Mellon - Columbia University 273,732 (0.28% unchanged) Pictet et Cie - Lord North Street 196,957 (0.20% unchanged) 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 500,000 company should not N/A company should be taken into not be taken account when into account calculating when percentage) calculating percentage) 0.51% N/A 9. Class of security 10. Date of 11. Date listed transaction company informed Ordinary 25p shares 30 November 2005 1 December 2005 12. Total holding following this 13. Total percentage holding of issued notification class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the listed 16,602,316 company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 16.9% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Vicky Francis 01737 837929 16. Name and signature of duly authorised offer of the listed company responsible for making this notification Vicky Francis, for and on behalf of Fidelity Investments International, Company Secretary Date of notification 1 December 2005
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