For the purposes of the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company announces that as at 1 December the total number of ordinary shares of 0.01p in issue is 391,409,135, with each share carrying the right to one vote.

The Company has no ordinary shares held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 391,409,135. This figure of 391,409,135 ordinary shares may therefore be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.