Accordingly the Company has purchased a combination of 118,379,643 Existing Portfolio shares and 118, 379, 643 Ordinary shares out of a total of 120,743,034 shares of each class or 98.04% of each class of shares offered. The resulting issued share capital will be 146M of each class of share.
The proceeds of the buyback were posted on Friday 25th February 2005 and balancing certificates where applicable will follow shortly afterwards.
JP Jenkins will be opening the matched bargain facility for the shares from February 28th 2005. Those shareholders who missed the buyback deadline may contact Duncan Vasey (020 7767 3050) of JP Jenkins for assistance.
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