DIRECT LEATHER SUPPLIES LIMITEDNotice is hereby given, pursuant to section 98 of the Insolvency Act 1986, that a Meeting of the Creditors of the above-named Company will be held at the offices of BKR Haines Watts, 3rd Floor, 70-74 City Road, London EC1Y 2BJ, on 14 January 2003, at 11.00 am, for the purposes mentioned in sections 99 to 101 of the said Act. Creditors wishing to vote at the Meeting must lodge their proxy, together with a full statement of account at the registered office, Sterling House, Maple Court, Maple Road, Tankersley, Barnsley S75 3DP, not later than 12.00 noon on 13 January 2003. For the purpose of voting, a secured Creditor is required (unless he surrenders his security) to lodge at Sterling House, Maple Court, Maple Road, Tankersley, Barnsley S75 3DP, before the Meeting, a statement giving particulars of his security, the date when it was given and the value at which it is assessed. Notice is further given that a list of the names and addresses of the Company’s Creditors may be inspected, free of charge, at Sterling House, Maple Court, Maple Road, Tankersley, Barnsley S75 3DP, between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm on the two business days preceding the date of the Meeting stated above. By Order of the Board. M C Rigden (557)