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ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ completed a competitive tender process for the appointment of external auditors on 23 March 2015.Ìý

KPMG LLP has been appointed as its new external auditors for 2015 onwards. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who had been the Company’s auditors since it listed on the London Stock Exchange in September 1998, resigned with effect from 23 March 2015.Ìý

Shareholder approval to confirm the appointment of KPMG LLP will be sought at the AGM on 29 April 2015.