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Nichols PLC 8 August 2000 Letter to Nichols JN Vimto Plc - dated 4 August 2000 NICHOLS JN VIMTO PLC (THE 'COMPANY') This notification supersedes our previous notification to you. This notification relates to issued ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company (the 'shares') and is given in fulfilment of the obligations imposed by sections 198 to 202 of the Companies Act 1985 (the 'Act'). 1. Notification on behalf of Norwich Union Investment Management Limited (a subsidiary of CGNU plc). 1.1 We hereby notify you on behalf of Norwich Union Investment Management Limited that immediately after the time when the obligation to make this notification arose Morley Fund Management Limited were interested in 1,841,108 shares. 1.2 The identity of the registered holders of the shares to which this notification relates and the number of shares held by each of them are set out in the Appendix below. 2. Aggregate holding of CGNU plc We hereby notify you that the aggregate holding of CGNU plc in the shares is 1,841,108 giving the CGNU group a total percentage interest in the shares of 4.97%. Letter from CGNU PLC APPENDIX REGISTERED HOLDERS NUMBER OF SHARES HELD Norwich Union Life & Pensions Ltd 1,645,067 (Material) Norwich Union Pensions Management Ltd 196,041 (Material) Total percentage interest: 4.97% Issued share capital on which this notification is based 37,076,899

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