Notice under the Trustee Act 1925

RETAIL CORPORATION GROUP PENSION SCHEME

The Retail Corporation Goup Pension Scheme (“The Scheme”) was established with effect from 1st March 1989. The Company went into receivership on 17th March 1992. On 18th September 1992 Bradstock Trustee Services Limited, of registered office, Knollys House, 9-13 Byward Street, London EC3R 5AS, was appointed Independent Trustee and has since started the winding-up of the Scheme. Announcements regarding the above have been sent by post to all known Members of the Scheme. Accordingly, it is of vital importance that any person having a claim against or an interest in the Scheme, including any person who may have been employed by the Company or an associated employer on a part time basis and who considers that his or her exclusion from the Scheme may have constituted indirect discrimination, who has not received a copy of the Announcement should make themselves known the Trustees of the Scheme. Particulars of any claim should be sent in writing to the undermentioned contact within 2 months of the date of this advertisement, after which date Bradstock Trustee Services Limited will proceed with the winding-up of the Scheme and the distribution of the Scheme assets having regard only to the claims and interests of which it has had notice. Notification is not required from persons who are currently in receipt of a pension from The Scheme or who have received correspondent relating to The Scheme from Bradstock Trustee Services Limited. A. Tyrrell, Bradstock Trustee Services Limited, 52-53 Russell Square, London WC1B 4HP, telephone 0171-447 4818.