Shareholders information

Shares as at
31 March 2008 (in total)
Number of
shareholders
Percentage of
total shareholders
Percentage of
ordinary shares
 
1 – 100 2,005 29.20 0.07  
101 – 1,000 3,601 52.45 1.17  
1,001 – 5,000 961 13.99 1.59  
5,001 – 50,000 225 3.28 2.52  
50,001 – 100,000 20 0.29 1.13  
Over 100,000 54 0.79 93.52  
Totals 6,866 100.00 100.00  

Financial Calendar

Financial year end 31 March
Interim management statement 25 July
2008 Annual general meeting September 2008
2009 Half-yearly results announcement November 2008
Interim management statement January/February 2009
2009 preliminary results announcement May/June 2009

Shareholder contact

If you have any general comments or queries you are welcome to write to Philip Roper, the Company Secretary, at 329 Harwell, Oxfordshire OX11 0QJ. If you have a query for a specific Director please write to them at the same address.

Registrar services

If you have an administrative query about your shareholding (such as details of previous dividend payments, recording a change of address, or reporting the loss of a share certificate), please direct these to Equiniti, either in writing to them at Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA or by telephoning 0871 384 2030 or via their textphone number, UK only, 0870 600 3950.

If you are dialling from outside the UK please telephone on +44 (0)121 715 7047 or fax on +44 (0)1903 702424.

You can now find a number of shareholder services on-line. The portfolio service from Equiniti gives you access to more information on your investments including balance movements, indicative share prices and information on recent dividends. For more details on this and practical help on transferring shares or updating your details, please visit www.shareview.co.uk. This also gives you the opportunity to register an interest in receiving information from the Company electronically.

Amalgamation of shareholdings

If you have received more than one copy of this report your shareholding may be registered under two or more shareholder reference numbers. Please contact Equiniti to amalgamate these accounts.

CREST

The Company’s shares are available for electronic settlement by CREST. If you would like to find out more about the CREST settlement system please contact Equiniti for an information leaflet.

Individual savings account (ISA)

AEA has a Company sponsored ISA enabling shareholders to hold AEA Technology plc shares in a tax advantageous manner. Dividends will attract the basic rate of income tax only, any profits should you later sell some or all of your investment are exempt from capital gains tax and you do not need to show details of your ISA on your tax return.

For details please contact the Equiniti ISA Team at the address given above or telephone +44 (0)870 242 4244.

ShareGift

Shareholders who only have a small number of shares whose market value makes selling uneconomic may wish to consider donating them to charity through ShareGift, an independent charity share donation scheme. ShareGift is administered by the Orr Mackintosh Foundation, registered charity number 1052686. Further information may be obtained on +44 (0)20 7828 1151 or from www.sharegift.org

Registered office

329 Harwell
Didcot
Oxfordshire
OX11 0QJ

Registered in England and Wales No. 3095862.

AEA’s internet address is:

www.aeat.com

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