LTCB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO. (UK) LIMITED

At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above-named Company, duly convened, and held at Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd., 1-8 Uchisajwaj-Cho, 2 Chome Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100 on 27th February 1998, the following Special Resolution was duly passed:   “That the Company be wound up voluntarily, and that Colin Graham Bird, of Price Waterhouse, No. 1 London Bridge, London SE1 9QL, is hereby appointed as its Liquidator.” K. Oiwa, Chairman