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Rule 17 Disclosure - Norges Bank

Holding in Company

Pursuant to rule 17 of the AIM Rules, the Company has been notified of the following notice of increase in notifiable interest in the Company’s ordinary 1p shares (‘Shares’).

Schedule five

  1. the identity of the significant shareholder concerned;
    Norges Bank (the Central Bank of Norway)

  2. the date on which the disclosure was made to it;
    4th January 2007

  3. the date on which the deal or relevant change to the holding was effected;
    19th December 2006

  4. the price, amount and class of the AIM securities concerned;
    25,000 ordinary 1p shares at £4.20

  5. the nature of the transaction;
    Purchase of ordinary shares affecting notifiable interest

  6. the nature and extent of the significant shareholders' interest in the transaction;
    Following the purchase of the above Shares, the significant shareholder now holds 2,300,000 ordinary 1p shares which represents 3% of the Company's issued share capital.

  7. where a deal takes place under when it is in any close period under rule 21, the date on which any previous binding commitment was notified or the date upon which the Exchange granted permission to deal in order to mitigate sever personal hardship; and
    N/A

  8. where the notification concerns a related financial product, the detailed nature of the exposure.
    N/A

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