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The following information has been disclosed to the Company pursuant to the Financial Conduct Authority’s Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules and is published on a Regulatory Information Service and on the Company’s website. The following has been received, in accordance with DTR 5, from holders of notifiable interests in the Company’s issued share capital as at 25 March 2023:


At 25 March 2023

Number of shares

% of issued share capital

Nature of holding

BlackRock Inc

3,385,507

6.30

Direct & Indirect

Franklin Resources

2,883,113

5.37

Direct & Indirect

Invesco Perpetual

2,780,971

5.18

Direct & Indirect

The Vanguard Group , Inc.

2,480,941

4.62

Direct & Indirect

abrdn plc

2,375,515

4.42

Direct & Indirect

Wellington Mgt Company

2,084,096

3.88

Direct

Royal London Mutual Assurance Society

1,942,483

3.62

Direct & Indirect

Legal & General Investment Mgt

1,794,217

3.34

Direct

The positions stated above represent the holdings in shares either in their own right or on behalf of third parties and may not represent the total voting rights (or authority to vote) as at 25 March 2023. There have been no notifications of any significant changes, or percentage movements, to these shareholdings as at 23 May 2023.