Holding(s) in Company

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC
08 January 2003


                        Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC

                        Disclosure of Interest in Shares


Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC has today been informed by Tattersall Advisory
Group that on 3 January 2003 they purchased 250,000 ordinary shares in the
Company.

This brings their total holding in the Company to 2,042,247 ordinary shares,
which represents 6.61% of the 30,900,492 shares in issue.

                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.

                                                             Company Secretaries

                                                                  8 January 2003



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