WEST COAST WELDING AND ENGINEERING LIMITED

(In Liquidation)

Registered Office & Trading Address: Factory Unit 3, Kilmory Industrial Estate, Lochgilphead, Argyll PA31 8RR

I, D D McGruther of Grant Thornton, 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7JZ give notice that I was appointed Interim Liquidator of West Coast Welding and Engineering Limited by Interlocutor of the Court of Session, Edinburgh on 21st November 2002.

Notice is hereby given that, in terms of Section 138(4) of the Insolvency Act 1986, a Meeting of Creditors of the above Company will be held at Grant Thornton, Chartered Accountants, 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow G2 7JZ on 23rd December 2002 at 2 pm for the purposes of choosing a liquidator and of determining whether to establish a liquidation committee as specified in Sections 138(3) and 142(1) of the said Act.

A list of names and addresses of the company’s creditors will be available for inspection free of charge at the undernoted offices, during the two business days prior to this meeting.

All creditors are entitled to attend in person or by proxy, and a resolution will be passed by a majority in value of those voting. Creditors may vote whose claims and proxies have been submitted and accepted at the meeting or lodged beforehand at my office. For the purpose of formulating claims, creditors should note that the date of liquidation is 27th August 2002.

D D McGruther, Interim Liquidator

Grant Thornton, 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow G2 7JZ

4th December 2002