("Livermore" or "the Company")

 TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Livermore announces that it has acquired an additional 9,950,682 ordinary shares in the Company at an average price of 27 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 198,997,809 and that there are a total of 105,122,592 ordinary shares held in treasury. The above figure of 198,997,809 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.