Holding(s) in Company

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC
18 August 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 12-13 August 2003 they sold 200,000 ordinary shares in the
Company.

This brings their total holding in the Company to 1,692,247 ordinary shares,
which represents 5.53% of the 30,600,492 shares in issue.


                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.
                                                             Company Secretaries
                                                                  18 August 2003


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