Shares in Issue

There are 21,016,591 shares in issue, 211,822 of which are Treasury Shares (at 31st July 2008).

57.10% of the shares are not held in public hands.

Shares held by Directors are as follows: (Interests at 31st July 2008)

W L Beevers	1,868,933
D W Youngman	1,251,622
R E M Lee	10,000
J M F Padovan	4,415
R Lane-Smith	-
R Lowe *	682,856
R Rudd * Lord J Marland *	485,713 1,166,643

Other shareholders are as follows: (Interests at 31st July 2008)

Montpelier Holdings	1,714,342	8.16%
State Street Nominees	1,097,744	5.22%
Chase Nominees	922,855	4.39%
D Wheelan *	922,855	4.39%
T Agnew *	807,142	3.84%

There are no restrictions on the transfer of WH Ireland AIM securities.

* Denotes members of a consortium of investors (details announced on 1st April 2008 and 14th May 2008) whose total combined shareholding in the Company is 5,800,000.  This represents 27.59% of the issued share captial of the Company.  (Interests at 31st July 2008).