Holding(s) in Company

SUBSTANTIAL SHARE INTERESTS Following the allotment of shares by way of the scrip dividend on 20 November 2002 the holdings notified to the Company under Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 are now as follows:- Rowe Evans Investments PLC 4,789,063 35.12% and through Bertam Holdings PLC 277,034 2.03% Sungkai Holdings Limited 217,235 1.59% -------------- --------- -- 5,283,332 38.74% -------------- --------- -- Kulim Limited 1,406,275 10.31% Smaller Companies Investment Trust 785,000 5.76% plc Leong Watt Hin Estate Sdn Berhad 1,085,708 7.96% Mr J D Shaw 773,037 5.67% Abtrust UK Emerging Companies Fund 970,000 7.11% In addition to the above:- 1) Bertam Holdings PLC has notified the Company that it has an interest in all of the Company's shares in which Sungkai Holdings Limited is interested. 2) Abtrust Fund Managers Limited has notified the Company that it has an interest, as fund managers, in 1,805,000 shares (13.23%) which includes all of the shares held by Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC and Abtrust UK Emerging Companies Fund. 3) Johor Corporation has notified the Company that it has an interest in all of the Company's shares in which Kulim Limited is interested By order of the board M.P.Evans (UK) Limited Secretaries 21 November 2002 Lendu Holdings PLC Peter Hadsley-Chaplin - 01892 516333 Brown Shipley Corporate Finance Bill Staple, Director - 020 7282 3270 Brown Shipley Securities Craig Cowan, Director - 020 7282 1595 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/11/21/20021121BIT00980/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/11/21/20021121BIT00980/wkr0002.pdf