Appointment of Receivers

MAXWELL IRONMONGERS LIMITED

(In Receivership)

I, Maureen Elizabeth Leslie, Baker Tilly, 23 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JX, give notice that on 23rd August 2002 my partner, Eileen Blackburn, and I were appointed joint receivers of the above company.

The property over which we were appointed as joint receivers is the whole or substantially the whole of the company’s property.

In terms of Section 59 of the Insolvency Act 1986, Preferential Creditors should lodge their claims with me within six months of the date of this Notice.

Maureen E Leslie, Joint Receiver

Baker Tilly, 23 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JX

27th August 2002