Result of Class Meeting

Class Meeting Result

At the adjourned Class Meeting of the Company's Preference Shareholders held this morning, the following resolution, giving the Directors the authority to purchase the Company's Ordinary and Preference Shares, was passed as a Special Resolution:

THAT the holders of the Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares of 1p each in the Company hereby sanction the passing and implementation of Resolution 19 set out in the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 8 April 2011 and each and every contract to purchase shares entered into within the terms of the authority thereby conferred.

19 May 2011