THE PENSION AND LIFE ASSURANCE PLAN OF FOLKSAM HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED/FOLKSAM INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED (the “Scheme”)

STATUTORY NOTICE UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 27 of the Trustee 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 the undersigned on behalf of the Trustee of the Scheme by 5 September 2003, after which date the Trustee will distribute the assets of the Scheme among the persons entitled thereto having regard only to claims and interest 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. S Lewis, Independent Pension Trustee Limited Beaufort House, 15 St Botolph Street, London EC3A 7EE. Note. Not forming part of this notice, if you are a Member of the Scheme and are already receiving circulars you need not respond.