Announcements - 23 January 2006

RE: Holding in Company

Dear Sir/Madam,

Re: Declaration of Interest in Shares

In accordance with Part IV of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended), we write to inform you that Artemis Investment Management Limited, andcertain of its subsidiary companies, have a notifiable interest of 34,040,000 shares, representing 4.99% of the issued share capital of your company.

This disclosure was a result of shares in issue changing. Full details of the interest and the beneficial holders are detailed below.

Yours faithfully,

Nicola Collins

Artemis Investment management Ltd

Beneficial Owner                          Number of Shares held             % interest

Artemis UK Smaller Companies             34,040,000                      4.99849583

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