MIDLAND & SCOTTISH RESOURCES PLC RETIREMENT & DEATH BENEFITS SCHEME

PURSUANT TO SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

The Midland & Scottish Resources plc Retirement & Death Benefits Scheme (“The Scheme”) was established with effect from 21 May 1981. The Company went into Liquidation on 26 November 1999. On 16 January 2001, Alexander Forbes (formerly Bradstock) Trustee Services Limited of registered office, 1 Seething Lane, London EC3N 4NH, was appointed Independent Trustee and has since proceeded with the winding-up of the Scheme. Alexander Forbes Trustees Services Limited have corresponded by post with all know Members of the Scheme. Accordingly, it is of vital importance that any person having a claim against or an interest in the Scheme, including any person who may have been employed by the Company or an associated employer on a part-time basis and who considers that his or her exclusion from the Scheme may have constituted indirect discrimination, who has not received correspondence from us should make themselves known to the Trustees of the Scheme. Particulars of any claim should be sent in writing to the undermentioned contact on or before 28 February 2003, after which date Alexander Forbes Trustee Services Limited will proceed with the winding-up of the Scheme and distribution of the Scheme assets having regard only to the claims and interests of which it has had notice. Notification is not required from persons who are currently in receipt of a pension from the Scheme, or who have received correspondence relating to the Scheme from Alexander Forbes Trustee Services Ltd. D Toms, Alexander Forbes Trustee Services Limited, 6th Floor, Market Square House, St James’s Street, Nottingham NG1 6FG.