RALSTON PURINA INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED

At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Ralston Purina International (UK) Limited, held at 1 London Bridge, London SE1 9QL, on 18th August 1998, the following Special Resolution was passed:   “That the Company be wound up as a Members’ voluntary Liquidation, and that Colin Graham Bird and Anthony Victor Lomas, of PricewaterhouseCoopers, 1 London Bridge, London SE1 9QL, are hereby appointed as its Liquidators and the powers of the Liquidators may be exercised by either independently of the other.” Chairman