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Shareholder Electronic Communications

By registering for electronic communications you can help us to conserve environmental resources by reducing print, paper and postage costs.
Log on to www.shareview.co.uk if you would like to:

  • register your e-mail so that future shareholder information, including the annual report and accounts, are sent to you electronically;
  • check the balance of your shareholding;
  • set up a dividend mandate online;
  • change your registered postal address or your dividend mandate details; or
  • submit your vote on-line prior to a general meeting.

To sign up for the first time you should click on “Register” and follow the simple instructions – you will need your shareholder reference number from your share certificate or dividend voucher or any other correspondence sent to you by Lloyds TSB Registrars.

Dividends Paid Direct to Your Bank Account

Having dividends paid direct to your bank account has the following advantages:

  • avoids the risk of cheques being lost in the post;
  • saves you time in presenting the cheque for payment;
  • the dividend is credited to your account on the payment date.

The tax voucher is sent to your registered address at the same time as the dividend is credited to your account. To set up a new dividend mandate please log on to www.shareview.co.uk or contact the Registrar at: Lloyds TSB Registrars, The Causeway, Worthing, West Sussex BN99 6DA. Shareholder helpline number: 0870 601 5366

Company Website

The Company website at www.nationalexpressgroup.com has information about the Group, press releases, share price data and copies of the interim and annual report and accounts.

Share Dealing Service

A telephone and internet share dealing service, which provides a simple way to buy and sell shares, has been arranged through Lloyds TSB Registrars. For further information log on to www.shareview.co.uk/dealing or telephone 0870 850 0852.

Sharegift

ShareGift is an independent charity share donation scheme administered by the Orr Mackintosh Foundation (registered charity number 1052686).
Those shareholders who hold only a small number of shares, the value of which make it uneconomic to sell them, can donate the shares to ShareGift who will sell them and donate the proceeds to a wide range of charities. Further information about ShareGift can be obtained from its website at www.sharegift.org and a ShareGift transfer form can be downloaded from www.nationalexpressgroup.com.

Unclaimed Assets Register

The Company participates in the Unclaimed Assets Register (“UAR”) which provides a search facility for shareholdings and other financial assets that may have been forgotten. For further information contact UAR, Bain House 16 Connaught Place, London W1J 5JA Tel: 0870 241 1713 or visit www.uar.co.uk.

Analysis of Ordinary Shareholdings at 26 February 2007

  Number of
accounts
Per cent of
total number
of accounts
Number
of shares
’000
Per cent of
ordinary
capital
By size of holding        
1 – 500 7883 56 1,413 1
501 – 1,000 2,017 14 1,531 1
1,001 – 5,000 2,995 21 6,739 4
5,001 – 50,000 1,162 8 12,779 8
50,001 – 1,000,000 193 1 46,994 31
Over 1,000,000 31 – 84,385 55
  14,281 100 153,841 100
By investor type        
Individuals 12,950 11 16,823 11
Institutional Investors 1,206 78 119,433 78
Other Corporate Investors 125 11 17,585 11
  14,281 100 153,841 100