The Company received a notification on 25 January 2007 from MassMutual Financial Group on behalf of The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company ("MassMutual") that, as at 22 January 2007, MassMutual's subsidiary OppenheimerFunds, Inc, had an interest in 60,000,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"). This interest represents approximately 3.83 per cent. of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company, being 1,566,200,558 Ordinary Shares.