Holding(s) in Company

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC
12 September 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 9 September 2003 they sold 500,000 ordinary shares in the Company.



This brings their total holding in the Company to 1,192,247 ordinary shares,
which represents 3.90% of the 30,600,492 shares in issue.







                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.
                                                             Company Secretaries
                                                               12 September 2003




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