The Board believes in the importance of effective communication. The Company seeks to improve investor’s and potential investors’ understanding of its objectives, strategy and performance with presentations made by a combination of the Chief Executive, Property, Development and Finance Directors in order to explain the Company’s business and financial performance and to answer questions. All such meetings are conducted within the guidance provided by the UKLA Listing and Disclosure Rules on the dissemination of price sensitive information. Presentations to analysts and the accompanying script are simultaneously posted on the Company’s website.

The Annual General Meeting provides the Board with an opportunity to communicate with, and answer questions from, private and institutional shareholders and the whole Board is available before the meeting, in particular, for shareholders to meet new directors. The Chairman of each of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees is available at the Annual General Meeting to answer questions. Details of the number of proxy votes for, against and withheld for each resolution are disclosed at the meeting.

The Company is a member of the FTSE4Good UK index and for the fifth year has taken part in the Business in the Community's annual Corporate Responsibility Index.

CR investor objectives set for 2008 include:

• to improve the quantity and quality of CR related information;
• to ensure refular dialogue with shareholders and fund managers; and
• to take part in relevant benchmark indicies.

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