a) The matters set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting The Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on Thursday 17 December 2009, is set out on pages 55 to 57 of the Company's Annual Report for the year ended 30 September 2009 which can be accessed from the following link:
Annual Report 2009

b) The total number of shares in the Company and total number of shares of each class, in respect of which members are entitled to exercise voting rights and the total number of votes that members are entitled to exercise at the meeting in respect of each share class.

Class of shares in issue	Ordinary Shares of 10p each
Number of Ordinary Shares in issue	160,080,089
Total Voting Rights at 16 November 2009	160,080,089

Voting entitlement:

Each Ordinary Shareholder is entitled to one vote on a show of hands and, on a poll, to one vote for every Ordinary Share held.

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