Directors’ interests
The interests of the Directors in the shares of the Company as at 12 March 2008 (being the day on which the Company’s accounts for the year to 31 December 2007 were approved by the Board of Directors) are set out below.
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Shares | Share options | Exercise price | Conditional shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M G Foster | 23,266 | 149,089 | 217.99 pence | 93,051 |
| R A Careless | 5,000 | - | - | 112,300 |
| James Deeley | 1,000 | - | - | 42,593 |
| D L Emilson | 3,000 | - | - | - |
| The Hon. James Bruce | - | - | - | - |
| J M Neill | 57,834 | - | - | - |
| G Denham | 1,000 | - | - | - |
| A S C Osborne | - | - | - | - |
| J A Biles | 3,000 | - | - | - |
Details of the long term incentive plans in which the Executive Directors participate are set out in the Remuneration Report in the Annual Report 2007.
Substantial shareholdings
As at 12 March 2008, the Company had been notified of the following holdings exceeding 3 per cent in the total voting rights attached to the issued share capital of the Company: Jupiter Asset Management Limited - 7.10 per cent; Schroders plc - 5.25 per cent; Barclays Global Investors - 5.18 per cent; Standard Life Investments Limited - 5.09 per cent; JP Morgan Chase & Co. - 4.93 per cent; and Deutsche Bank AG - 3.11 per cent.