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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 26, 2005</font></p>

<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration No. 333-</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM S-8</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">IMPERIAL TOBACCO GROUP PLC</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">England and Wales</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Not Applicable</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Upton Road<br>
  Bristol BS99 7UJ, England<br>
  +44 117 963 6636</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Imperial Tobacco Group International Sharesave Plan
  [2005]</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of the plan)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Robert Burton Associates Ltd.<br>
  2 Henderson Drive<br>
  West Caldwell, NJ 07006<br>
  Attention: Carl M. Ioos<br>
  (973) 882-5500</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copies to:<br>
  <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Daniel Bushner<br>
  Ashurst<br>
  Broadwalk House<br>
  5 Appold Street</font></b></font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name, address, including zip code, and
  telephone<br>
  number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">London EC2A 2HA, England<br>
  (+44) (20) 7638 1111</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title of each class of securities to be registered</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount to be<br>
  registered(2)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed<br>
  maximum<br>
  offering<br>
  price per<br>
  ADS</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed<br>
  maximum<br>
  aggregate<br>
  offering<br>
  price</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(4)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount of<br>
  registration<br>
  fee</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">American Depositary Shares (&#147;ADSs&#148;) each
  representing two ordinary shares of 10p each of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC(1)</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12,500 ADSs</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">56.51</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">706,375.00</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.2%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.38%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">83.14</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 27.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>American
Depositary Shares (&#147;ADSs&#148;) each representing two ordinary shares of 10p each,
of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC, a public limited company organized under the laws
of England and Wales (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), have been registered on a separate
registration statement on Form F-6, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on November 2, 1998 (File No. 333-5592).</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 27.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
number of ADSs being registered represents the estimated maximum aggregate
number deliverable to employees in the United States pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s
International Sharesave Plan [2005] (the &#147;Sharesave Plan 2005&#148;).</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 27.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In
addition, in accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers any
additional ADSs of Imperial Tobacco Group plc (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) that become
issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Sharesave Plan 2005.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 27.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In
accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum
offering price per share has been calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the
Securities Act and is based upon the average of the high and low prices for the
Registrant&#146;s ADSs as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on April 22, 2005.</p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Part I Information Required in the Section 10(a)
Prospectus</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1. Plan Information.</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not required to be filed
with this Registration Statement, pursuant to Rule 428 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and the Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan
Annual Information.</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not required to be filed
with this Registration Statement, pursuant to Rule 428 under the Securities Act
and the Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I-1</font></p>

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Statement</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) by
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), are incorporated by reference as
of their respective dates in this Registration Statement:</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 70.3pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s
Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, filed
with the Commission on March 21, 2005 (File No. 1-14874 (the &#147;Annual Report&#148;);</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 70.3pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 70.3pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All other reports
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since September 30,
2004, the end of the Registrant&#146;s fiscal year covered by the Annual Report
referred to in (a) above; and</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 70.3pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The description of the
securities to be registered contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form 20-F, filed with the Commission on October 26, 1998 (File No.
1-14874).</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, all
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any subsequent filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement.&#160; Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4. Description of Securities.</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Companies Act
1985, as amended (the &#147;Companies Act&#148;), provides:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">309A Provisions protecting directors from
liability</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This section applies
in relation to any liability attaching to a director of a company in connection
with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust by him in
relation to the company.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any provision which
purports to exempt (to any extent) a director of a company from any liability
within subsection (1) is void.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 31.5pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any provision by which
a company directly or indirectly provides (to any extent) an indemnity for a
director of :</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the company, or</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">an associated company,</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">against
any liability within subsection (1) is void.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This
is subject to subsections (4) and (5).</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subsection (3) does
not apply to a qualifying third party indemnity provision (see section
309B(1)).</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subsection (3) does
not prevent a company from purchasing and maintaining for a director of:</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)
</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the
company, or</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">an associated company,</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">insurance
against any liability within subsection (1).</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In this section:</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;associated
company&#148;, in relation to a company (&#147;C&#148;), means a company which is C&#146;s
subsidiary, or C&#146;s holding company or a subsidiary of C&#146;s holding company;</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;provision&#148;
means a provision of any nature, whether or not it is contained in a company&#146;s
articles or in any contract with a company.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 63.35pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.35pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">309B Qualifying third party indemnity provisions</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 58.5pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For the purposes of
section 309A(4) a provision is a qualifying third party indemnity provision if
it is a provision such as is mentioned in section 309A(3) in relation to which
conditions A to C below are satisfied:</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Condition A is that
the provision does not provide any indemnity against any liability incurred by
the director:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 31.5pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to the company, or</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 31.5pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to any associated
company.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 31.5pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Condition B is that
the provision does not provide any indemnity against any liability incurred by
the director to pay:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 31.5pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a fine imposed in
criminal proceedings, or</font></p>

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regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect of non-compliance with any
requirement of a regulatory nature (however arising).</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Condition C is that
the provision does not provide any indemnity against any liability incurred by
the director:</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">in defending any
criminal proceedings in which he is convicted, or</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">in defending any civil
proceedings brought by the company, or an associated company, in which judgment
is given against him, or</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)
</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">in
connection with any application under any of the following provisions in which
the court refuses to grant him relief, namely:</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 106.55pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-23.3pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">section 144(3) or (4)
(acquisition of shares by innocent nominee), or</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 106.55pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-23.3pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">section 727 (general
power to grant relief in case of honest and reasonable conduct).</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 58.5pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In paragraph (a), (b)
or (c) of subsection (4) the reference to any such conviction, judgment or
refusal of relief is a reference to one that has become final.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 58.5pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For the purposes of
subsection (5) a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief becomes final:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 58.5pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 106.55pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-23.3pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">if not appealed
against, at the end of the period for bringing an appeal, or</font></p>

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</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">if
appealed against, at the time when the appeal (or any further appeal) is
disposed of.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 58.5pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(7)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">An appeal is disposed
of:</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 106.55pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-23.3pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">if it is determined
and the period for bringing any further appeal has ended, or</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 106.55pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-23.3pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">if it is abandoned or
otherwise ceases to have effect.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(8)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In this section &#147;associated
company&#148; and &#147;provision&#148; have the same meaning as in section 309A.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section
727 of the Companies Act provides:</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 67.7pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;(1)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If any proceedings for
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust against an officer of a
company or a person employed by a company as auditor (whether he is or is not
an officer of the company) it appears to the court hearing the case that that officer
or person is or may be liable in respect of negligence, default, breach of duty
or breach of trust, but that he has acted honestly and reasonably, and that
having regard to all the circumstances of the case (including those connected
with his appointment) he ought fairly to be excused for the negligence,
default, breach of duty or breach of trust, that court may relieve him, either
wholly or partly, from his liability on such terms as it thinks fit.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 67.7pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If any officer or
person as above-mentioned has reason to apprehend that any claim will nor might
be made against him in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or
breach of trust, he may apply to the court for relief; and the court on the
application has the same power to relieve him as under this section it would
have had if it had been a court before which proceedings against that</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">II-3</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 103.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-34.6pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">person
for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust had been brought.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 58.5pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 67.7pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Where a case to which
subsection (1) applies is being tried by a judge with a jury, the judge, after
hearing evidence, may, if he is satisfied that the defendant or defender ought
in pursuance of that subsection to be relieved either in whole or in party from
the liability sought to be enforced against him, withdraw the case in whole or
in part from the jury and forthwith direct judgment to be entered for the
defendant or defender on such terms as to costs or otherwise as the judge may
think proper.&#148;</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Article
154 of the Articles of Association of the Registrant provides:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Subject
to the provisions of the Statutes but without prejudice to any indemnity to
which the person concerned may otherwise be entitled, every person who is or
was at any time a Director or other officer or Auditor of the Company shall be
indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all costs, charges,
expenses, losses or liabilities which he may sustain or incur in or about the
actual or purported execution and/or discharge of the duties of his office
and/or the exercise or purported exercise of his powers or discretions and/or
otherwise in relation thereto or in connection therewith, including (without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any liability incurred by him in
defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgement is
given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any
application under Section 144(3) or (4) or Section 727 of the [Companies] Act,
which relief is granted to him the Court.&#148;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 27.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The directors and
officers of the Registrant are covered by insurance policies indemnifying
against certain liabilities, including certain liabilities arising under the
Securities Act, which might be incurred by them in such capacities and against
which they may not be indemnified by the Registrant.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8. Exhibits.</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Exhibits listed on the
accompanying Index to Exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by
reference into, this Registration Statement (see Exhibit Index below).</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9. Undertakings.</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 70.3pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 70.3pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-29.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To file, during any
period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement:</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 101.5pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 101.5pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 101.5pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">II-4</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 101.5pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Statement.&#160; Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offerings range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement; and</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 101.5pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 101.5pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">That, for the purpose
of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial <i><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide </font></i>offering
thereof.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.45pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font></i>
offering thereof.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.45pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.45pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.&#160; In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defence of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">II-5</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant</font></u>. Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) the Registrant
certifies that is has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Bristol, England on this 26th day of April, 2005.</p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ <font style="text-transform:uppercase;">ROBERT DYRBUS</font></font></p>
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  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:17.0%;">
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  <td width="6%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.2%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER
OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person
whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints each of Robert
Dyrbus, Christopher Deft, Matthew Phillips and Trevor Williams as such person&#146;s
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
revocation, for such person and in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or supplements to this
Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and registration
statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission, and does hereby grant unto each said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration Statement
or any amendments or supplements hereto in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact and agent, or
such person&#146;s substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Derek Bonham</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman and Non-</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April 26, 2005</font></p>
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  Bonham</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Gareth
  Davis</font>&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Executive and Director</font>&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April 26, 2005</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gareth Davis</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(principal executive officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Robert
  Dyrbus</font>&nbsp; </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Finance Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April 26, 2005</font></p>
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  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert Dyrbus</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(principal financial officer<br>
  and accounting officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="text-transform:uppercase;">David
  Cresswell </font></font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Manufacturing Director</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April 26, 2005</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">David Cresswell</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Frank
  Rogerson </font></font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Corporate Affairs Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April 26, 2005</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Frank Rogerson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Anthony
  Alexander</font>&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Joint Vice Chairman and</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April 26, 2005</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Anthony Alexander</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Non-Executive</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="35%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ <font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Iain
  Napier</font>&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Joint Vice Chairman and</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April 26, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="35%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Iain Napier</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="35%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="35%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Simon
  Duffy</font></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April 26, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="35%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Simon Duffy</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="35%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="35%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="35%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Sipko
  Huismans</font>&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April 26, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="35%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sipko Huismans</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="35%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="35%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="35%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Pierre Jungels</font>&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Susan
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April 26, 2005</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Susan Murray</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="text-transform:uppercase;">David
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="31%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:31.46%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="text-transform:uppercase;">John
  J. Mercer</font></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April 26, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="35%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name: John J. Mercer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="82%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:82.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title: Vice President, Finance and Administration</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="235" style="border:none;"></td>
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the trustees (or
other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in Jersey, on this 26th day of April, 2005.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Abacus (C.I.) Limited*</font></p>

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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .4in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.2in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ <font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Mark Le Saint</font></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:57.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April 26, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="82%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:82.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name: Mark Le Saint</font>&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="82%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:82.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title: Authorized Signatory</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>As trustee of the Imperial Tobacco
Group PLC 2001 Employee Benefit Trust</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">II-8</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INDEX
TO EXHIBITS</font></b></p>

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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Number</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description of Exhibit</font></b></p>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report
  on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003 (File No. 1-14874),
  filed with the Commission on February 10, 2004).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement among the Registrant,
  Citibank N.A., as Depositary, and all holders and beneficial owners of
  American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts issued
  thereunder, including the Form of American Depositary Receipt included
  therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
  Registration Statement on Form 20-F (File No. 1-14874), filed with the
  Commission on October 26, 1998).</font></p>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Imperial Tobacco Group International Sharesave Plan [2005].*</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Custodian Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2005, between Imperial
  Tobacco Group PLC, acting as agent for certain of its employees, and the HSBC
  Bank USA.*</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.22%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public
  Accounting Firm.*</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 26, 2005
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
IMPERIAL TOBACCO GROUP PLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
England and Wales
Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Upton Road
Bristol BS99 7UJ, England
+44 117 963 6636
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Imperial Tobacco Group International Sharesave Plan
  [2005]
(Full title of the plan)
Robert Burton Associates Ltd.
2 Henderson Drive
West Caldwell, NJ 07006
Attention: Carl M. Ioos
(973) 882-5500
Copies to:
Daniel Bushner
Ashurst
Broadwalk House
5 Appold Street
(Name, address, including zip code, and
  telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
London EC2A 2HA, England
(+44) (20) 7638 1111
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of securities to be registered
Amount to be
registered(2)
Proposed
maximum
offering
price per
ADS
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering
price
(4)
Amount of
registration
fee
American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") each
  representing two ordinary shares of 10p each of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC(1)
12,500 ADSs
(3)
$
56.51
$
706,375.00
$
83.14
(1)
American
Depositary Shares ("ADSs") each representing two ordinary shares of 10p each,
of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC, a public limited company organized under the laws
of England and Wales (the "Registrant"), have been registered on a separate
registration statement on Form F-6, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") on November 2, 1998 (File No. 333-5592).
(2)
The
number of ADSs being registered represents the estimated maximum aggregate
number deliverable to employees in the United States pursuant to the Registrant's
International Sharesave Plan [2005] (the "Sharesave Plan 2005").
(3)
In
addition, in accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers any
additional ADSs of Imperial Tobacco Group plc (the "Registrant") that become
issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Sharesave Plan 2005.
(4)
In
accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum
offering price per share has been calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the
Securities Act and is based upon the average of the high and low prices for the
Registrant's ADSs as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on April 22, 2005.
Part I Information Required in the Section 10(a)
Prospectus
Item 1. Plan Information.
Not required to be filed
with this Registration Statement, pursuant to Rule 428 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan
Annual Information.
Not required to be filed
with this Registration Statement, pursuant to Rule 428 under the Securities Act
and the Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.
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Part II Information Required in the Registration
Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (the "Registrant"), are incorporated by reference as
of their respective dates in this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, filed
with the Commission on March 21, 2005 (File No. 1-14874 (the "Annual Report");
(b)
All other reports
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since September 30,
2004, the end of the Registrant's fiscal year covered by the Annual Report
referred to in (a) above; and
(c)
The description of the
securities to be registered contained in the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form 20-F, filed with the Commission on October 26, 1998 (File No.
1-14874).
In addition, all
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.
Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any subsequent filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement.  Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Companies Act
1985, as amended (the "Companies Act"), provides:
309A Provisions protecting directors from
liability
(1)
This section applies
in relation to any liability attaching to a director of a company in connection
with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust by him in
relation to the company.
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(2)
Any provision which
purports to exempt (to any extent) a director of a company from any liability
within subsection (1) is void.
(3)
Any provision by which
a company directly or indirectly provides (to any extent) an indemnity for a
director of :
(a)
the company, or
(b)
an associated company,
against
any liability within subsection (1) is void.
This
is subject to subsections (4) and (5).
(4)
Subsection (3) does
not apply to a qualifying third party indemnity provision (see section
309B(1)).
(5)
Subsection (3) does
not prevent a company from purchasing and maintaining for a director of:
(a)
the
company, or
(b)
an associated company,
insurance
against any liability within subsection (1).
(6)
In this section:
"associated
company", in relation to a company ("C"), means a company which is C's
subsidiary, or C's holding company or a subsidiary of C's holding company;
"provision"
means a provision of any nature, whether or not it is contained in a company's
articles or in any contract with a company.
309B Qualifying third party indemnity provisions
(1)
For the purposes of
section 309A(4) a provision is a qualifying third party indemnity provision if
it is a provision such as is mentioned in section 309A(3) in relation to which
conditions A to C below are satisfied:
(2)
Condition A is that
the provision does not provide any indemnity against any liability incurred by
the director:
(a)
to the company, or
(b)
to any associated
company.
(3)
Condition B is that
the provision does not provide any indemnity against any liability incurred by
the director to pay:
(a)
a fine imposed in
criminal proceedings, or
(b)
a sum payable to a
regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect of non-compliance with any
requirement of a regulatory nature (however arising).
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(4)
Condition C is that
the provision does not provide any indemnity against any liability incurred by
the director:
(a)
in defending any
criminal proceedings in which he is convicted, or
(b)
in defending any civil
proceedings brought by the company, or an associated company, in which judgment
is given against him, or
(c)
in
connection with any application under any of the following provisions in which
the court refuses to grant him relief, namely:
(i)
section 144(3) or (4)
(acquisition of shares by innocent nominee), or
(ii)
section 727 (general
power to grant relief in case of honest and reasonable conduct).
(5)
In paragraph (a), (b)
or (c) of subsection (4) the reference to any such conviction, judgment or
refusal of relief is a reference to one that has become final.
(6)
For the purposes of
subsection (5) a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief becomes final:
(a)
if not appealed
against, at the end of the period for bringing an appeal, or
(b)
if
appealed against, at the time when the appeal (or any further appeal) is
disposed of.
(7)
An appeal is disposed
of:
(a)
if it is determined
and the period for bringing any further appeal has ended, or
(b)
if it is abandoned or
otherwise ceases to have effect.
(8)
In this section "associated
company" and "provision" have the same meaning as in section 309A.
Section
727 of the Companies Act provides:
"(1)
If any proceedings for
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust against an officer of a
company or a person employed by a company as auditor (whether he is or is not
an officer of the company) it appears to the court hearing the case that that officer
or person is or may be liable in respect of negligence, default, breach of duty
or breach of trust, but that he has acted honestly and reasonably, and that
having regard to all the circumstances of the case (including those connected
with his appointment) he ought fairly to be excused for the negligence,
default, breach of duty or breach of trust, that court may relieve him, either
wholly or partly, from his liability on such terms as it thinks fit.
(2)
If any officer or
person as above-mentioned has reason to apprehend that any claim will nor might
be made against him in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or
breach of trust, he may apply to the court for relief; and the court on the
application has the same power to relieve him as under this section it would
have had if it had been a court before which proceedings against that
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person
for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust had been brought.
(3)
Where a case to which
subsection (1) applies is being tried by a judge with a jury, the judge, after
hearing evidence, may, if he is satisfied that the defendant or defender ought
in pursuance of that subsection to be relieved either in whole or in party from
the liability sought to be enforced against him, withdraw the case in whole or
in part from the jury and forthwith direct judgment to be entered for the
defendant or defender on such terms as to costs or otherwise as the judge may
think proper."
Article
154 of the Articles of Association of the Registrant provides:
"Subject
to the provisions of the Statutes but without prejudice to any indemnity to
which the person concerned may otherwise be entitled, every person who is or
was at any time a Director or other officer or Auditor of the Company shall be
indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all costs, charges,
expenses, losses or liabilities which he may sustain or incur in or about the
actual or purported execution and/or discharge of the duties of his office
and/or the exercise or purported exercise of his powers or discretions and/or
otherwise in relation thereto or in connection therewith, including (without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any liability incurred by him in
defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgement is
given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any
application under Section 144(3) or (4) or Section 727 of the [Companies] Act,
which relief is granted to him the Court."
The directors and
officers of the Registrant are covered by insurance policies indemnifying
against certain liabilities, including certain liabilities arising under the
Securities Act, which might be incurred by them in such capacities and against
which they may not be indemnified by the Registrant.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibits listed on the
accompanying Index to Exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by
reference into, this Registration Statement (see Exhibit Index below).
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any
period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement:
(i)
to include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration
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Statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offerings range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement; and
(iii)
to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose
of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(3)
To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.  In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defence of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant
. Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") the Registrant
certifies that is has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Bristol, England on this 26th day of April, 2005.
IMPERIAL TOBACCO GROUP PLC
By
/s/
ROBERT DYRBUS
Name:
Robert Dyrbus
Title:
Finance Director
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person
whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints each of Robert
Dyrbus, Christopher Deft, Matthew Phillips and Trevor Williams as such person's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
revocation, for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or supplements to this
Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and registration
statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission, and does hereby grant unto each said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration Statement
or any amendments or supplements hereto in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact and agent, or
such person's substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Titles
Date
/s/
Derek Bonham
Chairman and Non-
April 26, 2005
Derek
  Bonham
Executive Director
/s/
Gareth
  Davis
Chief Executive and Director
April 26, 2005
Gareth Davis
(principal executive officer)
/s/
Robert
  Dyrbus
Finance Director
April 26, 2005
Robert Dyrbus
(principal financial officer
and accounting officer)
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/s/
David
  Cresswell
Manufacturing Director
April 26, 2005
David Cresswell
/s/
Frank
  Rogerson
Corporate Affairs Director
April 26, 2005
Frank Rogerson
/s/
Anthony
  Alexander
Joint Vice Chairman and
April 26, 2005
Anthony Alexander
Senior Non-Executive
Director
/s/
Iain
  Napier
Joint Vice Chairman and
April 26, 2005
Iain Napier
Non-Executive Director
/s/
Simon
  Duffy
Non-Executive Director
April 26, 2005
Simon Duffy
/s/
Sipko
  Huismans
Non-Executive Director
April 26, 2005
Sipko Huismans
/s/
Pierre Jungels
Non-Executive Director
April 26, 2005
Pierre Jungels
/s/
Susan
  Murray
Non-Executive Director
April 26, 2005
Susan Murray
/s/
David
  Thursfield
Non-Executive Director
April 26, 2005
David Thursfield
Authorized Representative in
the United States:
Robert Burton Associates, Inc.
By:
/s/
John
  J. Mercer
April 26, 2005
Name: John J. Mercer
Title: Vice President, Finance and Administration
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The Plan
. 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the trustees (or
other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in Jersey, on this 26th day of April, 2005.
Abacus (C.I.) Limited*
By:
/s/
Mark Le Saint
April 26, 2005
Name: Mark Le Saint
Title: Authorized Signatory
*
As trustee of the Imperial Tobacco
Group PLC 2001 Employee Benefit Trust
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INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report
  on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003 (File No. 1-14874),
  filed with the Commission on February 10, 2004).
4.2
Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement among the Registrant,
  Citibank N.A., as Depositary, and all holders and beneficial owners of
  American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts issued
  thereunder, including the Form of American Depositary Receipt included
  therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant's
  Registration Statement on Form 20-F (File No. 1-14874), filed with the
  Commission on October 26, 1998).
4.3
Imperial Tobacco Group International Sharesave Plan [2005].*
4.4
Custodian Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2005, between Imperial
  Tobacco Group PLC, acting as agent for certain of its employees, and the HSBC
  Bank USA.*
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public
  Accounting Firm.*
24.
Power of Attorney (contained in the signature page to this
  Registration Statement).
*
Filed herewith.
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