Voting Rights and Capital

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC
27 December 2006




                        Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC

                           Voting Rights and Capital


In conformity with the transparency Directive's transitional provision 6 we
would like to notify the market of the following:

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC's capital consists of 30,600,497 ordinary shares
with voting rights. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC holds no ordinary shares in
Treasury.

The above figure (30,600,497) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for
the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify
their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon
PLC's under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.



                                                            Baillie Gifford & Co
                                                             Company Secretaries
                                                                27 December 2006





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