RNS Number:1677P
Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd
29 August 2003


                                                                    FORM 8.1/8.3

                         Date of disclosure......29/08/03..................


DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1(b)(I) AND 8.3 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS
AND MERGERS



Date of dealing 28/08/03...................................................

Dealing in...Nestor

(1) Class of securities (e.g. ordinary shares) ............ORD..................

(2)     Amount bought           Amount sold           Price per unit

        75,000                                        # 3.32



(3)     Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled

       (and percentage of class...1,792,800 (2.05%)


 4. Party making disclosure...THREADNEEDLE ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD

 5. EITHER (a) Name of purchaser/vendor (Note 1).................................

    OR (b) If dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund management
    organisations

    THREADNEEDLE ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD

 6. Reason for disclosure (Note 2)

    (a)      Associate of (i) offeror (Note 3)      NO 
                          (ii) offeree company      NO

             Specify which category or categories of associate (1-8 overleaf)
             If Category (8), explain.......................................


     (b)     Rule 8.3 (i.e. disclosure because of ownership or
             control of 1% or more of the class of relevant securities dealt
             in)                                   YES



Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above .....................


(Also print name of signatory) Mark Finney

Telephone and extension number ......01793 363758...............................

For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Code. If in
doubt, contact the Panel on Take-overs and Mergers. Tel No: 020 7382 9026.


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