WHITECROFT GROUP PENSION SCHEME

PURSUANT TO SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

Notice is hereby given that any persons having a claim or interest in the Whitecroft Group Pension Scheme (the “Scheme”) are required to send particulars in writing of such a claim or interest to the Trustees of the Scheme c/o Mr. S. Southern, at Hammond Suddards Pension Trust Limited, Trinity Court, 16 John Dalton Street, Manchester M60 8HS, on or before 16th July 2001, after which date the Trustees will proceed to distribute the assets of the Scheme among the persons entitled to them having regard only to the claims of which they have had notice. The Trustees shall not be liable to any person or persons of whose claims or demands they have not had notice in respect of the assets of the Scheme or any part of them so distributed. Notification is not required from persons who are currently in receipt of a pension from the Scheme, or who have received correspondence relating to the Scheme from the Trustees. Hammond Suddards Pension Trust Limited, as statutory independent Trustee of Whitecroft Group Pension Scheme