Silchester International Investors LLP ('Silchester') acts as investment manager for the clients detailed in Question 4 above (our 'Clients'). In acting for our Clients, Silchester are given full discretion over their investments and are empowered to vote on their behalf. However, we do not act as our Clients' custodian and therefore shares are not held in our name but in the name of each Client's custodian bank.

The increase in Silchester's holdings was due to a series of transactions over a series of different trading days. The figure shown in the box related to the position prior to the transaction represents shares controlled by Silchester immediately prior to crossing 5%.

Notification is provided based on the total voting rights figure of 1,707,863,851.

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