The Company has received notification, pursuant to sections 198 to 203 of the Companies Act 1985, that, as at close of business on 30 March, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. was interested, by attribution only, in a total of 15,177,957 shares of the Company representing 8% of the issued share capital. The shares were registered as follows:



Holder                                  Shares

Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees)     187,800
Limited

Goldman Sachs International CREST Acc:  14,990,157
CREPTEMP



M Buxton-Smith Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification ..4 April 2005.....