GARTMORE SNT PLC

A Petition having been presented to the Court of Session on 28th January 2003 by Gartmore SNT Plc, a public limited company incorporated under the Companies Acts and having its registered office at Charles Oakley House, 125 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 2SG, for confirmation of the cancellation of its share premium account, the Court pronounced the undernoted Interlocutor on 28th January 2003.

Edinburgh, 28th January 2003   Lord Nimmo Smith

The Lord Ordinary, having considered the Petition, Appoints the Petition to be intimated on the Walls in common form and to be advertised once in each of the Edinburgh Gazette, and once in the Financial Times and the Herald newspapers; Allows any party claiming an interest, to lodge Answers thereto, if so advised, within 21 days after intimation, advertisement and service.

DM MacLeod, DSC

All of which intimation is hereby given.

McGrigor Donald, Solicitors for the Petitioner

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