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Directors
lhe present Diectors of the Company are namd on page 24.
All served as Directors throuqhout the year, other than
Mr M R Jackson and Mr A J Bates, vvho v\€re appointd on
19 October 1999 and 1 January 2000 r6pecti\€ly.
sir Colin Southgate and sir Peter Walte6 ceased to be
Directors at the condusion of the 1999 Annual General Meeting
held on 16 July 1999. Mr S P Duffy served as a DiEctor up to
31 December 1999 when he resigned.
Mr E L Nicoli, who succeeded Sir Colin SouthgEte 6 Chairman
on 1 6 JuV 1999, retires by rotatron pu6uant to Article 1 l2(A) at
the Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, offers himself
for re€lection.
Mr Bates and Mr Jackson both retire at the Annual General
Meeting puBuant to Article 1 12(B) and, being eligible. offer
themselves for election.
No Director had a material interest in any contract of significance
subsisting at the end of or during the year involving any Group
company, other than those who have a service contract and
Mr Bert vvho has an option to purchae, at fair market value, the
house in Los Angeles provided to him rent-free by the Group.
Details of Directo6' interests in the shares of the Company are set
out in the Remuneration Report on paqes 35 and 35.
Auditors
Ernst & Young have expressed their willingness to continue in
office as auditors and resolutions proposing their reappointment
and authonsng the Directo6 to determine their remuneration
wll be put to the Annual General Meeting.
Annual General Meeting
The 2000 Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held
at 1 1.30am on Friday, 21 July 2000 at the Hotel lnter-Continental
London, 1 Hamilton Place, Hyde Park Corner, London Wl. The
Notice of the Annual General Meeting accompanies this Annual
Report. ln addition to the ordinary businEss ol the meeting,
reiolutions will be put to shareholdeG giving authority to the
Directors to allot shares, to disapply pr€mption rights and to
purchase the Companys own shares. Further explanations of
ihese matten are provided in the letter to shareholden that
accompanies the Notice.
By Order of the Board
C P Ashcroft
Secretary
22 May 2000