In conformity with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, wewould like to notify the market of the following:
At close of business on 30 September 2008 the Company's issued capital consisted of 800,720,220Ordinary shares of 10p each. No shares were held in treasury at the date ofannouncement.
Therefore, the total number of current voting rights in the Company was 800,720,220.
The above figure (800,720,220Ordinary shares) may be used by shareholders asthe denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they arerequired to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, theCompany under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Steve Devany, Head of Corporate Communications, 020 7821 3758
Name of Company official responsible for making notification: Jessica Wildgoose, Secretarial Assistant.
Date of notification: 06 October 2008
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