The Company has received notification, pursuant to sections 198 to 203 of the Companies Act 1985, that, as at close of business on 31 March 2005, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. was interested, by attribution only, in a total of 14,809,142 shares of the Company representing 7.81% 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:  14,621,342
CREPTEMP



M Buxton-Smith Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification ..5 April 2005.....