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These pages are published by Investis Limited (“Investis”) on behalf of London Stock Exchange plc (“the Exchange”).

In these terms “you” and “your” means any natural or legal person who uses this website or the information contained in this website and each entity on whose behalf the user acts.

Shareholders and potential shareholders should be aware that past performance cannot be relied on as a guide to future performance.

Regulation

Jurisdiction

It is the responsibility of any person accessing this website in any jurisdiction to satisfy themselves as to the full observance of the laws and regulatory requirements of the relevant jurisdiction, including the obtaining of governmental or other consents which may be required or observing any other formality or restriction that needs to be observed in such jurisdiction. Any failure to comply with any formality or failure to observe any restriction may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

Potential Investors

The information contained in this website does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or any solicitation of any offer to purchase any securities in any jurisdiction, nor shall it (or any part of it) or the fact of its distribution form the basis of or be relied on in connection with any contract.

Liability

Investis and the Exchange use all reasonable efforts to ensure that the information contained on this website is current, accurate and complete at the date of publication.

However, because of the possibility of human and mechanical error as well as other factors, neither the Exchange nor Investis is responsible for any errors or omissions. All information is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. The Exchange and Investis make no representations and disclaim all express, implied, and statutory warranties of any kind to user and/or any third party including warranties as to accuracy, timeliness, completeness, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose.

In no circumstances (other than circumstances of fraud, dishonesty or willful misconduct) shall the Exchange or Investis be liable in statute, tort, contract, or otherwise, including negligence (and as permitted by law, product liability), to you and/or any third party for any: (i) loss or damage caused by computer viruses transmitted through this website; (ii) inaccuracy in any information contained on this website; (iii) unavailability of or delay relating to this website; or (iv) loss of profit, goodwill, business opportunity or anticipated savings or any indirect or consequential loss or damage suffered as a result of any breach of duty by the Exchange or Investis, even if the Exchange or Investis has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Subject to the paragraph above, Investis shall liable for any loss suffered by you as a result of Investis’s breach of duty whether in statute, contract or tort (including negligence) and the Exchange shall liable for any loss suffered by the you as a result of the Exchange’s breach of duty whether in statute, contract or tort (including negligence). However, Exchange and Investis’s aggregate liability in such circumstances shall be limited to £500 per occurrence or series of occurrences arising from single cause.

Some countries provide rights in addition to those above or do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or liability for incidental or consequential damages. Therefore, the above limitations may not apply to you or there may be provisions which supersede the above. Any clause of these terms and conditions declared invalid shall be deemed severable and not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder.

Neither the Exchange nor Investis assume responsibility in relation to third parties.

Links

Links to other sites from this website are for information only. Should you leave this website via a link contained herein, and view content that is not provided by the Exchange or Investis, you do so at your own risk.

Copyright/trademarks

Copyright in the pages of this website is owned by Investis and the Exchange owns the copyright in the content published on this website unless stated otherwise. You acknowledge and agree that any copyright or intellectual property rights of whatever nature which subsist or may subsist in this website and the information contained therein shall remain the property of the Exchange or Investis or of a third party which provided the information. Save as permitted by law, reproduction, redistribution or transmission of any information contained in this website is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of the Exchange in respect of information provided by the Exchange and Investis in respect of information provided by Investis except for one temporary copy in a single computer’s memory and one unaltered permanent copy to be used by the viewer for personal and non-commercial use only, with an attached copy of these terms and conditions.

Unless you have a written agreement in effect with the Exchange and Investis which states otherwise you may not provide a hypertext link to this website.

Images, trademarks and brands are also protected by intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced or appropriated in any manner without written permission of their respective owners.

General

All personal data provided by you will be kept secure and confidential and each of the Exchange and Investis agree that it will at all times comply with the provisions and obligations imposed by the Data Protection Act 1998 (as amended). For more information, please see the privacy policy.

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts for all matters arising in connection herewith.

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