K L GEORGE & CO LIMITED, RETIREMENT BENEFITS SCHEME

PURSUANT TO SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

The K L George & Co Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme (“The Scheme”) was established with effect from 6 April 1975. The Company went into Administrative Receivership on 28 July 2000. On 2 May 2001, Alexander Forbes Trustee Services Ltd of registered office, 1 Seething Lane, London EC3N 4NH, was appointed Independent Trustee and has since proceeded with the winding-up of the Scheme. Alexander Forbes Trustee Services Ltd, have corresponded by post with all known Members of the Scheme. Accordingly, it is of vital importance that any person having a claim against or an interest in the Scheme, including any person who may have been employed by the Company or an associated employer on a part-time basis and who considers that his or her exclusion from the Scheme may have constituted indirect discrimination, who has not received correspondence from us should make themselves known to the Trustees of the Scheme. Particulars of any claim should be sent in writing to Mr Steve Weblin, Alexander Forbes Trustee Services Ltd, 6th Floor, Market Square House, St James’s Street, Nottingham NG1 6FG, on or before 10 June 2002, after which date Alexander Forbes Trustee Services Ltd will proceed with the winding-up of the Scheme and distribution of the Scheme assets having regard only to the claims and interests of which it has had notice. Notification is not required from persons who are currently in receiptof a pension from the Scheme, or who have received correspondence relating to this Scheme from Alexander Forbes Trustee Services Ltd.