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Major shareholders

Details of major shareholders of the company’s ordinary and preference shares are given on page 107.

With the exception of Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. which sold (i) 79 million shares representing 2.5% of the company’s ordinary share capital on 9 September 2004 and (ii) 82 million shares representing 2.5% of the company’s ordinary share capital on 27 January 2005, there have been no significant changes in the percentage ownership of major shareholders of the company’s ordinary and preference shares during the three years ended 28 February 2007. All shareholders within a class of the company’s shares have the same voting rights. The company is not directly or indirectly owned or controlled by another corporation or any foreign government.

At 28 February 2007, the directors of the company had options to purchase a total of 2,286,733 ordinary shares of the company.

As at 31 December 2006, almost all of the company’s US$ denominated preference shares were held by shareholders registered in the US. All other shares were predominantly held by shareholders registered outside the US.

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