In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company hereby announces that as at 30 September 2022 there were 1,614,654,921 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in issue, none of which are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 1,614,654,921 .
The above figure of 1,614,654,921 may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.