DEMPSTER H LISTER LIMITED RETIREMENT BENEFITS SCHEME

TRUSTEE ACT 1925, SECTION 27

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 27 of the Trustee Act 1925, that any person (including any former part-time employee (or his or her dependents) of the Companies participating in the Dempster H Lister Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme, having an entitlement to benefit under the trust documentation governing the Dempster H Lister Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme or a claim against the Trustees of the Dempster H Lister Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme is required to send particulars in writing of his or her claim to the Trustees, whose address is Pinsent Curtis Independent Trustees Limited, 1 Park Row, Leeds LS1 5AB, on or before 1st July 2000, after which date the Trustees will apply the assets of the Scheme among the persons entitled to them having regard only to the claims and interest of which they have had notice and shall not be liable for the assets of the Scheme or any part of them so distributed to any person or persons of whose claim or demands they shall not then have had notice.

Note: Any Member of the Dempster H Lister Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme who has received correspondence from the Trustees confirming his or her right to a benefit need not notify their interest as the Trustees are already aware of it.