NIPPON CREDIT GARTMORE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above-named Company duly convened and held at 13-5 Kudan-Kita, 1-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0073, Japan, on 4th March 1998, the subjoined Resolutions were duly passed, as a Special Resolution and as an Ordinary Resolution respectively:   “That the Company be wound up voluntarily and that John W. Powell, of Levy Gee, 4th Floor, Southfield House, 11 Liverpool Gardens, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 1RY, be and he is hereby appointed Liquidator for the purposes of such winding-up.” A. Fleming, Chairman