THE LAW DEBENTURE PENSION TRUST CORPORATION P.L.C.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

THE EXPAMET INTERNATIONAL PLC GROUP RETIREMENT AND LIFE ASSURANCE SCHEME

Pursuant to section 27 of the Trustee Act 1925 and any other relevant power, notice is given that any Member, other Beneficiary, Creditor or anyone else having any claim against, or claiming to be beneficially interested in, the assets of the Expamet International Plc Group Retirement and Life Assurance Scheme (which is governed by a definitive Trust Deed dated 25 September 1947 (as subsequently amended)) is required to send to the Trustees of the Scheme at the address given below on or before 23 February 2003 written particulars of the claim, after which date the Trustee will proceed to distribute the assets of the Scheme among the persons entitled to them having regard only to the claims of which they then have notice, and in respect of the assets of the Scheme so used will not be liable to anyone of whose claim they then have had no notice. Members of the Scheme and other beneficiaries with whom the Trustees or the Scheme’s administrators are already in contact need not respond to this notice since their interests have already been noted. The Trustees of the Expamet International Plc Group Retirement and Life Assurance Scheme, c/o Ann Parkin, Expamet Pension Trustees Limited, Clifton House, 83-89 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London W5 5TA.