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Compliance with Section 1 of the Combined Code on Corporate Governance

In the year to 27 March 2010 the Company has complied throughout with the provisions and applied the principles of the Combined Code issued by the Financial Reporting Council in June 2008 except arguably for a brief period following the retirement of Keith Hodgkinson on 31 December 2009 in respect of the composition of the Audit Committee (provision C.3.1).

External Advisors

The Remuneration Committee uses Towers Watson as their external advisors.