SAML. HAMMOND & CO. (DAYBROOK) LIMITED PENSION AND LIFE ASSURANCE PLAN

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

Notice is given that all the Creditors, Members and others having any claim against or claim to be beneficially interested in the assets of Saml. Hammond & Co. (Daybrook) Limited Pension and Life Assurance Plan, are required to send particulars in writing to the Trustees of the Scheme, c/o Mr G L Harris, Co-operative Group, Pensions Department, PO Box 53, New Century House, Manchester M60 4ES, on or before 14 November 2001. After this date, the Trustees will proceed to distribute the remaining assets of the Scheme among the persons entitled to them, and will have regard only to the claims of which they then have notice. The Trustees shall not be liable to any person of whose claims or demands they then have not had notice. Co-operative Group, Pensions Department, PO Box 53, New Century House, Manchester, M60 4ES, for and on behalf of the Trustees of the Scheme.