Transaction in Own Shares

Fidelity Special Values PLC announces that the Company has today, 17 October
2006, repurchased 80,000 of its own shares for cancellation at a price of 520
pence per share. The total number of shares now in issue is 65,276,053.

Miss Tracey A Bennett

For and on behalf of Fidelity Investments International,

Company Secretary

17 October 2006