Holding in Company

September 16, 2009

The Company was notified on 15 September 2009 that, as a result of a disposal of ordinary shares in Egdon Resources ("Ordinary Shares") on 14 September 2009, F&C Asset Management plc holds 3,772,558 Ordinary Shares (with an equivalent amount of voting rights) which represents approximately 5 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share voting capital of the Company.