Livermore announces that it has acquired an additional 4,600,214 ordinary shares in the Company at an average price of 15.5 pence per share. The Company will hold these shares in treasury for the time being.

 The Company also confirms that the total number of ordinary shares in the Company with voting rights following such repurchase is 230,197,694 and that there are a total of 73,922,707 ordinary shares held in treasury. The above figure of 230,197,694 ordinary shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. 

Enquiries:

Livermore Investments Group Ltd
+41 43 344 3200

Matrix Corporate Capital LLP
Stephen Mischler / Edmund Glover
+44 20 3206 7000