E. TIMM & SON LTD. PENSION SCHEME (“the Scheme”)

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 27 of the Trustee Act 1925, that the Trustees of the above Scheme are winding-up the Scheme. Any former employees of E. Timm & Son (Holdings) Ltd., E. Timm & Son Ltd., Timm (Grain) Ltd. and John H. Heron Ltd., who believe that they are or should have been Members of the Scheme and who are not receiving a pension from the Scheme or who have not received letters from the Trustees of the Scheme, are required to write to P J Sayer, Pearson Jones plc, Clayton Wood Close, West Park Ring Road, Leeds LS16 6QE, before 31 May 2002, to make a claim for benefit under the Scheme. Claimants should provide their full name and address, date of birth, the period during which they worked for any of the Companies and any other documents supporting their claim. In addition, if any person or persons other than a Member or former Member of the Scheme have any other claims against or interest in the Scheme, they are requested to write to Pearson Jones plc at the above address setting out particulars of such a claim in writing before 31 May 2002. After 31 May 2002, the Trustees will distribute the assets of the Scheme amongst the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims and interest of which they have prior notice and will not, as regards to the assets distributed, be liable to any person whose claim they do not then have had notice. J C Timm, R C Timm, F Lefley, B P Payling and T M Fenwick, Trustees of the Scheme.