The Company was notified on 19 May 2008 that as a result of disposal of voting rights, Europanel AB, had decreased its interest in MCB to 740,000 ordinary shares representing approximately 4.25% per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.
The above notifications were made on the basis of the Company's current issued capital, which consists of 17,394,247 ordinary shares of 10p each, all with voting rights. The above figure of 17,394,247 ordinary shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations, by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.