1. 2004 Interim Results Appendix

2. slide number 2 Appendix 43 15 29 8 17 5 2 6 4 2 3 2 1 147 USA UK France Sweden Germany Netherlands Canada Czech Republic Finland Italy Belgium UAE Austria Denmark Switzerland Oman Liechtenstein Mexico Norway Hungary Romania China 56 40 38 19 8 11 7 5 6 3 4 3 2 1 232 Heat Treatment HIP Total 4 3 1 11 7 16 3 2 9 1 2 4 2 1 47 Materials Testing Metallurgical Coatings Electroplating 2 4 5 4 1 19 23382338 22 Operational Locations

3. slide number 3 Appendix Analysis Of Organic/Acquisition Growth Sales 2003155.829.713.515.8 13.3228.1 Organic 7.0 1.1 3.7 1.9 (0.2) 13.5 Acquisition 0.2 1.0 - - - 1.2 Currency (8.2)(1.3)(1.2)(0.6) (0.1) (11.4) 2004 2004154.830.516.017.1 13.0231.4 Operating Profit 2003 17.4 5.4 1.6 2.1 (3.0) (0.7) 22.8 Organic 2.5 - 2.3 0.5 0.3 (0.4) 5.2 Acquisition 0.1 0.2 - - - - 0.3 Currency (1.0)(0.3)(0.4) - - - (1.7) 2004 2004 19.0 5.3 3.5 2.6 (2.7) (1.1) 26.6 % on Sales 2004 12.3%17.4%21.9%15.2%(20.8)% 11.5% 2003 11.2%18.2%11.9%13.3%(22.6)% 10.0% HT £m Testing £m HIP £m Coatings £m Electroplating £m Head Office £m Total £m

4. slide number 4 Appendix Half Year to 30 June £m Sales Continuing operations Operating Profit* Continuing operations EBITDA* Continuing operations Group Profit Before Tax* Continuing operations £m Headline Earnings Per Share Dividend Per Share 176.6 251.7 225.3 228.1 45.2 * Pre Exceptional items 40.0 41.5 21.3 17.7 * Pre Exceptional items 10.5 11.1 5.4 5.0 Pence 2.01 2.10 Pence 231.4 57.7 69.8 47.8 47.4 40.6 48.7 26.8 22.8 26.6 22.2 2.10 2.25 6.0