The Company today announces that in conformity with the United Kingdom Transparency Directive, NEPI`s capital as at 30 March 2010 consists of 49,968,486 ordinary shares of EUR 0.01 each (“Ordinary Shares”) with voting rights. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in NEPI is 49,968,486. The above figure of 49,968,486 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders 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, NEPI under the FSA`s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.