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Notice Of A Change In The Percentage Level Of A Substantial Shareholder's Interest

BackJul 31, 2009
Part I
1. Date of notice to issuer 31/07/2009
2. Name of Substantial Shareholder (1) Credit Suisse, and (2) Credit Suisse Group AG
3. Notice Type Notice of a Change in the Percentage Level of a Substantial Shareholder's Interest or Cessation of Interest.
Part II - Not Required
Part III
1. Date of change of Interest 29/07/2009
2. The change in the percentage level From 17.8865 % To 18.1125 %
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest # Others

Substantial shareholding interests of Credit Suisse and Credit Suisse Group AG arise from deemed interests as a result of purchase of 620,000 shares by Aberdeen Asset Management PLC and its subsidiaries ("Aberdeen").

By virtue of section 7(4A) of the Companies Act (Chapter 50), Credit Suisse is deemed to have an interest in the shares held by Aberdeen. Credit Suisse is wholly owned by Credit Suisse Group AG.
4. A statement of whether the change in the percentage level is the result of a transaction or a series of transactions: The change in percentage level is the result of the circumstance(s) mentioned above.
Part IV
1. Holdings of Substantial Shareholder, including direct and deemed interest :
 
  Direct Deemed
No. of shares held before the change 0 49,054,295
As a percentage of issued share capital 0 % 17.8865 %
No. of shares held after the change 0 49,674,295
As a percentage of issued share capital 0 % 18.1125 %
Footnotes The percentage of issued share capital is based on the total number of shares of 274,253,577.