THE J BLAKE & COMPANY LIMITED RETIREMENT AND LIFE ASSURANCE PLAN (“THE PLAN”)

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 27 of the Trustee Act 1925 that the Trustees of the Plan are winding-up the Plan. Any former employees of J Blake and Company Limited or Albany Lease Limited who believe that they were or should have been Members of the Plan and who are not receiving a pension from the Plan or who have not received announcements from the Independent Trustee of the Plan (Masons Trustees Limited) are required to write to Mrs. C. Fawke, Assistant Company Secretary, Masons Trustees Limited, 100 Barbirolli Square, Manchester M2 3SS, before 26th January 2000 to make a claim for benefits under the Plan. Claimants should provide their full name, address, date of birth, the period during which they worked for the above Companies and any documents supporting their claim. In addition, if any person or persons have any other claims against or interest in the Plan, they are requested to write to Mrs. Fawke at the above address setting out particulars of such a claim in writing before 26th January 2000. After 26th January 2000 the Trustees may distribute the assets of the Plan amongst the persons entitled thereto having regard only to the claims and interests of which they have prior notice and will not, as regards the assets so distributed, be liable to any person of whose claim they do not have notice. Masons Trustees Limited, Trustees of the Plan