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SHAREHOLDINGS

Substantial Shareholders
The following information is extracted from the Company’s Register of Substantial Shareholders.

Name
Date of notice to Company
Number of ordinary shares
Christopher John Morris
8 May 2003
55,447,042
General Atlantic Partners
12 March 2003
53,000,705
Schroder Investment Management
18 June 2003
46,479,492
Anthony Norman Wales
14 September 2000
32,592,384
Portfolio Partners Limited
29 April 2003
32,280,202

Class of shares and voting rights
At 26 August 2003 there were 27,674 holders of ordinary shares in the Company. The voting rights attaching to the ordinary shares, set out in clause 50 of the Company’s Constitution, are:

“(a) every member may vote
(b) on a show of hands every member has one vote, and
(c) on a poll every member has:

(i) for each fully paid share held by the member, one vote; and
(ii) for each partly paid share held by the member, a fraction of a vote equivalent to the proportion that the amount paid up bears to the total issue price of the share.”

At 26 August 2003 there were 4,082 holders of reset preference shares in the company. The voting rights of reset preference share are one vote for each share, but voting rights are limited to matters affecting the rights of reset preference shareholders.

At 26 August 2003 there were 15,118,891 options over ordinary shares issued to eligible employees at the absolute discretion of the Board. The options are generally exercisable 3 years after the date granted or earlier in the case of the employee’s death or retirement.

Distribution of shareholders of shares as at 26 August 2003

Size of holding
Ordinary shareholders
Reset preference shareholders
 
1 - 1,000
8,538
3,986
1,001 - 5,000
13,165
78
5,001 - 10,000
3,303
4
10,001 and over
2,668
14
Total shareholders
27,674
4,082

There were 879 shareholders holding less than a marketable parcel of 239 ordinary shares at 26 August 2003.
There were 5 shareholders holding less than a marketable parcel of 6 reset preference shares at 26 August 2003.