GLOBAL CASTORS LIMITED PENSION AND ASSURANCE SCHEME

(“the Scheme”)

NOTICE UNDER SECTION 27, TRUSTEES ACT 1925

Notice is hereby given pursuant to section 27 of the Trustees Act 1925, that any person having any interest in the above-named Occupational Pension Scheme is hereby required to send particulars in writing of his or her claim or interest to A. Watts, Pitmans Trustees Limited, 47 Castle Street, Reading RG1 7SR, on behalf of the Trustee of the Scheme by 16 December 2002, after which date the Trustees will distribute the assets of the Scheme among persons entitled thereto, having regard only to claims and interests of which they had notice and will not, as respect to the assets so distributed, be liable to any person of whose claim they shall not then have had notice. D Hosford, Solicitor of the Supreme Court Note.  Not forming part of this notice, if you are a Member of the Scheme and are already receiving circulars you need not respond.